Tim Chen is a full-stack software engineer with 11 years of experience building web applications across startups and enterprise environments, currently contributing at Capital One. He blends hands-on engineering with a strong emphasis on communication and collaborative learning, informed by roles as a lead instructor at Coding Dojo and prior service as a US Army medic. Tim’s interdisciplinary approach—backed by a Web & Mobile bootcamp certificate and a Master of Engineering from Virginia Tech—helps him connect technical decisions to team and organizational outcomes. Comfortable across the stack, he has a track record of shipping product-focused solutions at Sandboxx and mentoring developers to raise collective capability. Less obvious: his background in peer counseling and military medicine gives him practical resilience and empathy that shape how he leads technical collaboration under pressure.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at The Evergreen State College
Certificate of Accomplishment, Web and Mobile Development Bootcamp, Certificate of Accomplishment, Web and Mobile Development Bootcamp at Coding Dojo
Master of Engineering - MEng, Master of Engineering - MEng at Virginia Tech
Contributions:34 PRs, 43 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
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