Summary
Simon Chen is a Lead Data Engineer based in Berkeley with 12 years of experience building data products and full-stack services for e-commerce and consumer devices. At Scalable he grows the data engineering and analyst team to deliver models, pipelines, and actionable insights, leaning on a preferred stack of Python, Spark, S3, Redshift, and Looker. Former roles span mobile and backend engineering—shipping Android features, integrations, and firmware OTA work—giving him a pragmatic product-minded perspective on data needs. He pairs modern web tooling (GraphQL, React, Node, MongoDB) with strong mobile experience (Retrofit, RxJava, Dagger) to bridge analytics and product teams. An avid reader and craft-IPA enthusiast, he brings both curiosity and a taste for detail to system design and team building.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Comp, Bachelor's degree, Comp at UC Berkeley