Tony Chen
Software Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTony Chen is a Software Engineer II at AWS with seven years of experience focused on databases, cloud, and AI/ML, currently working on RDS MySQL & MariaDB. He combines strong academic performance (BSc in Computer Software Engineering, 3.93/4.00 from University of Toronto) with hands-on production experience automating release pipelines and building microservices for batch job management and performance benchmarking. At AWS he progressed from intern to full-time engineer by delivering automation that removed hours of manual work per release and contributing to core RDS features. Previously he maintained a database performance monitoring tool used by more than 50 major financial institutions, demonstrating an ability to build reliable systems at scale. Based in Vancouver, Tony is a quick learner who seeks challenging problems and brings meticulous attention to detail to cloud-native database engineering.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Software Engineering, 3.93 / 4.00, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Software Engineering, 3.93 / 4.00 at University of Toronto
Github Skills (39)
json10
mysql-server10
storage-engine10
mysql10
mariadb10
galera10
geographical-information-system10
vector-database10
amazon-web-services10
sql-server10
sql10
rdbms10
nearest-neighbor-search10
relational-databases10
database10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tonychen2001/MariaDB-server
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
MariaDB server is a community developed fork of MySQL server. Started by core members of the original MySQL team, MariaDB actively works with outside developers to deliver the most featureful, stable, and sanely licensed open SQL server in the industry.
Contributions:87 pushes, 27 branches in 1 year 2 months
tonychen2001/UofT
Oct 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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