Rico Chen
Software Engineer
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRico Chen is a software engineer based in Rockville, Maryland with 13 years of experience and a BS in Computer Science from Winthrop University. He combines a technical foundation in CS and mathematics with a passion for solving problems using sound and cutting-edge technologies. Rico’s background is unconventional for an engineer: several years as a professional esports player have honed his teamwork, fast decision-making, and performance-under-pressure skills. He brings that competitive mindset to engineering challenges, focusing on pragmatic, reliable solutions that scale. Though active on GitHub, his public contribution footprint is modest, reflecting a preference for focused, impact-driven work over broad open-source visibility. Colleagues describe him as a problem-solver who bridges disciplined engineering with real-world, high-stakes collaboration.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Major) and Mathematics (Minor), Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science (Major) and Mathematics (Minor) at Winthrop University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (200)
tidy10
nodejs10
trust10
buffer10
css10
higher-order-component10
faunadb10
pagination10
mysqljs10
mysql-client10
formik10
forms10
magic-numbers10
javascript10
hapi10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
midnightcodr/hapi-redis2
Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
another simple redis plugin for hapijs that supports multiple connections
Contributions:1 review, 61 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 6 months
redishapihapijsnodejsconnections
midnightcodr/midnightcodr.github.io
Aug 2015 - Aug 2022
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
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