# Brian Chen

> Software Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brianchen

Javascript engineer interested in solving the hardest problems that leave the biggest impact. Happy to be working at a startup with a team of like-minded colleagues. Strong believer that you should never try to be the smartest person in the room.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2019 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Envested
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Part of the core Envested tech team building out the next generation employee engagement platform. We believe in helping companies build strong culture and communities. As an engineer, I work on a bit of everything related to tech. As a member of a start up, I provided input and opinions for product road map and prioritization. 

- Front End (React / LESS)
- Back End (Node / Express/ ParseServer / mongodb)
- Infrastructure (AWS / build process / heroku )
- Data Monitoring (New Relic)
- Testing (Jest)

### Software Developer @ Farragut
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Brought local government software to the cloud, designed and developed a web application that helps manage local property tax assessment and collections. Worked on legacy code modernization and built new modules. 

- Front End ( Bootstrap / jQuery / ASP.net Webforms )
- Back End ( C# / ASP.net / SQL Server) 
- Reporting ( SSRS / ETL ) 
- SVN

### Undergraduate Researcher/ Carolina Summer Research Fellow @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Chapel Hill
While I was an undergraduate biomedical engineering student, I worked in the Robert A. Nicholas Lab of Pharmacology to better understand the mechanisms of chromosomally mediated antibiotic resistance in Neissera gonorrhoeae bacteria. 

The methodical nature of scientific research and search for truth is applied in almost everything I do today.

### Undergraduate Lab Assistant @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Chapel Hill
Helped maintain a UNC genomics lab as a lab assistant. Kept the lab running smoothly.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biomedical/Medical Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

### North Carolina State University

### High School
William G. Enloe


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brian-chen-8324424a

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Source: https://flows.cv/brianchen
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/brianchen/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-31