Resume

Steven Chen

Senior Software Engineer building scalable full-stack applications, AI-powered products, and enterprise software platforms.

chenstevens890@gmail.com +1 (339) 399-1987Vancouver, WAstevenchen.life

Core expertise

Frontend engineering

React, Next.js, TypeScript, React Query, Redux, Zustand, Tailwind CSS, Storybook, design systems, SPA, SSR, accessibility

Architecture and performance

Micro frontends, monorepos, state management, virtualization, lazy loading, code splitting, bundle optimization, Core Web Vitals, streaming UI

AI application engineering

LLM applications, RAG, semantic search, embeddings, vector search, AI assistants, copilots, prompt engineering, agent workflows

Backend and APIs

Node.js, Express, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, microservices, OAuth2, JWT, RBAC

Data, cloud, and quality

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Jest, Playwright, Cypress, Sentry, Datadog, OpenTelemetry

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science

Portland State University

May 2014 - Sep 2015

Professional experience

Senior Software Engineer

Restb.ai

Feb 2023 - Present

Remote, US

Full-stack delivery for AI property intelligence: React and TypeScript architecture, Node.js APIs, RAG and semantic retrieval, 10K+ result queries, 100K+ assets, streaming UI, and React Query data architecture.

Senior Frontend Engineer

Canva

Aug 2020 - Jan 2023

Remote, US

Advanced collaborative editing features, reusable React utilities, real-time synchronization, GraphQL optimization, scalable state management, and browser performance.

Software Engineer

Globant

Mar 2017 - Jul 2020

San Francisco, CA

React and TypeScript modernization, component libraries, enterprise dashboards, Node.js and Python services, GraphQL and REST integration, RBAC, AWS, Docker, and CI/CD.

Software Engineer

Google

Oct 2015 - Feb 2017

Mountain View, CA

React dashboards, service-health and telemetry visualization, large operational datasets, internal API integration, reusable UI components, and optimized data exploration.