Patrick Chan
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Chan is a software development engineer at AWS with a multidisciplinary background that blends 11 years of research experience in neuroscience and healthcare with formal training in computer science from UBC. He transitioned from clinical research into software after building fluency with data, databases, and tooling, and now focuses on building reliable, scalable systems using TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, Python, Rust, and React. His work history includes internships and roles at Thrive Health and AWS, where he’s applied full-stack and backend skills to healthcare-adjacent problems and cloud services. A natural problem solver who thrives on challenge, Patrick is motivated to use technology to reduce inefficiencies in healthcare and deliver measurable social impact. He brings practical experience with Docker, Node.js, SQL, and REDCap, and a researcher's attention to experimental rigor and reproducibility that often informs his engineering approach. Based in Vancouver, he pairs curiosity-driven learning with production-grade engineering to tackle complex, data-rich domains.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS), Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (13)
magenta9
rebalancing9
music9
music-generation9
generative-art8
calculator8
react7
finance7
machine-learning7
nextjs6
typescript4
chakra-ui4
chakra3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
patchan/patchan.dev
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
Personal website built in TypeScript using Next.js and chakra-ui
Contributions:1 review, 50 commits, 38 PRs in 1 year 2 months
next-jsreactchakra-uichakrabuilt-in
patchan/patchan.github.io
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
My Personal Website
Contributions:1 PR, 53 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
reactnextjs
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