# Christopher Chen > Full Stack Software Engineer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/christopherchen1 Hello! My name is Christopher Chen and I am a Full Stack Software Engineer. My stack: Languages: Javascript, TypeScript, Python Frameworks: Django, Next.js, React, Flask, Express Node.js Other Technologies: PostgreSQL, AWS, Heroku, Docker, Jest, Git, REST APIs Feel free to connect with me and ask me anything—about my projects, my career change from biochemistry, or my hobbies of cooking or board games (I've recently been enjoying Wavelength and 7 Wonders)! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ LitePoint Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, California, United States • Created a Python program to generate HTML pages for SCPI documentation through a network socket to the tester, reducing time to access documentation from 3 hours to minutes. • Created an automated workflow in Microsoft Power Automate that functions as a plugin to Microsoft Teams to automatically reserve and release testers from the tester library. • Supported software builds, regression testing, and releases for tester instruments in the field. ### Full Stack Engineer @ FipFit Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area • Launched end-to-end features for 12 personal trainers who use the app, designing and developing reliable Django API backend routes with automated testing. • Launched calendar feature for 30+ trainee clients on Next.js frontend and optimized load times for daily traffic by 10%. • Contribute to stand up, sprint planning, and retro meetings 3 days a week in a fast-paced startup team, delivering production code every day and ticket commitments every week. • Wrote up 2 technical specifications and 10s of tickets for new features and generated technical steps to build said features from end-to-end and implemented them. ### Web Developer @ Live Music Project Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Improved user frontend navigation and reduced friction when searching for an artist/composer by implementing UI updates in React and Django Templating Language. • Implement engineering best practices for scalable-solutions by contributing to testing and documentation and pattern matching from relevant parts of the codebase. • Work within a cross-functional team, with the head of product to prioritize features and bug fixes to improve the UX for users and site editors using ZenHub kanban and GitHub. ### Software Engineer @ Rithm School Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States • Built a native iOS mobile app for the homepage which interfaced with the backend API, in a 1-week turnaround, by selecting and leveraging a new language, Flutter Dart. • Wrote tests and debugged issues, submitting 3 pull requests to resolve issue tickets assigned on GitHub through planning poker, Git branching, and working in coding sprints. • Researched sections of the Django codebase including Mixins and data models and presented them to the team to improve familiarity with the technologies used. ### Associate Researcher @ TRexBio Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | South San Francisco, California, United States • Analyzed large datasets of millions of single-cell measurements in FlowJo analysis software. • Generated data analysis reports and data visualization charts through Graphpad Prism, including linear regression and ANOVA analysis. ### Life Science Research Professional @ Stanford University School of Medicine Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Stanford, California, United States • Published in multiple scientific journals by performing experiments, analyzing data with other scientists, and editing the articles for submission. • Presented work in multiple lab meetings for a 30-person lab group and in poster sessions. ### Teaching Assistant @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Berkeley, California, United States • Held review sessions and conducted office hours for Marine Geochemistry to help students with their homework and understanding of the material. • Worked with teaching team to write and grade exams and problem sets. ### Research Assistant @ City of Hope Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Duarte, California, United States • Optimized protocols for processing paraffin tissue samples for immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and FACS analysis. • Presented on project results at a poster session at the end of the summer research program. ## Education ### Full Stack Web Development Rithm School Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Chemical Biology University of California, Berkeley, College of Chemistry Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christopherlichen --- Source: https://flows.cv/christopherchen1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/christopherchen1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23