Summary
Quanjing Chen is a Senior Frontend Engineer in Sunnyvale with four years of professional software experience and a deep academic background—a PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences—bringing a researcher's rigor to product-grade front-end systems. He builds polished, performant UIs and full-stack features using TypeScript, React/Next.js, Astro, Node.js and modern testing and CI/CD practices, and now drives frontend work at Lucid Motors. His prior postdoctoral and machine learning experience informs a data-driven approach to UX and architecture, often blending ML tooling (Python, PyTorch, scikit-learn) with web platforms. Quanjing also co-founded and shipped multiple personal projects, demonstrating entrepreneurial initiative and end-to-end delivery across frontend, backend, and API integrations. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful component design and pragmatic testing strategies derived from his academic TDD-like mindset.
4 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Master of Science - MS Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Beijing Normal University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Brain and Cognitive Sciences at University of Rochester