Xiaoyu Chen
Engineering at Sei Labs
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaoyu Chen is an engineering-focused software professional with 11 years of experience building reliable backend systems across fintech, travel tech, and blockchain. Currently at Sei Labs, Xiaoyu works on the first fast DeFi Layer 1, contributing backend fixes, gas management, and security improvements to the widely watched sei-chain repository. Prior roles at Robinhood and Airbnb include clearing systems and migrating monolithic architectures to service-oriented designs, reflecting strength in both high-throughput financial systems and complex distributed platforms. A dual BA/BS graduate from Rice University in Statistics and Computer Science, Xiaoyu blends quantitative thinking with practical engineering. Active on GitHub and reachable via Telegram/WeChat, they maintain a hands-on developer stance while driving production-grade reliability. Notably, their open-source commits show a focus on core protocol robustness rather than surface features, signaling deep backend expertise.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Statistics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Statistics at Rice UniversityHigh school diploma, High school diploma at High School Affiliated to Fudan University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (4)
evm10
blockchain10
go10
cosmos-sdk10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sei-protocol/gringotts
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:13 reviews, 18 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 8 months
sei-protocol/sei-wasmd
Feb 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:16 releases, 21 reviews, 30 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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