Rui Chen
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Foundation
Greater Melbourne Area Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRui Chen is a Senior Staff Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 11 years of experience building full-stack Scala and Java systems across analytics, real-time platforms, and foundation engineering at Zendesk and REA Group. He has progressed through hands-on engineering roles into senior foundation-focused leadership, consistently turning product ideas into production services. Rui combines strong backend expertise with a practical interest in deep learning and reinforcement learning, signalling a bridge between classic engineering and ML-driven features. His background in accounting and international business gives him an uncommon angle on product metrics, risk and stakeholder communication. Known for shipping reliable systems in large commercial products, he brings both technical depth and product-minded pragmatism to complex engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Logistic and International Business Supply Chain Management and international trade, Bachelor of Logistic and International Business Supply Chain Management and international trade at Guangdong University of Foreign StudiesMaster of Professional Accounting (advanced) Accounting and Finance, Master of Professional Accounting (advanced) Accounting and Finance at Monash University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (27)
data-stream10
kafka-connect10
messaging10
kafka10
kubernetes-operator10
kafka-streams10
dcos10
sink10
openshift10
producer10
daemon10
data-streams10
cdc9
json9
avro9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Frankiechan/BDD_Draft
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:51 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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