# David Chen

> Staff Android Engineer

Location: Castro Valley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidchen2

Android developer

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Slack
Jan 2021 – Present
Tech Lead for the Slack Canvas Android Team

- Prototyped initial Canvas feature for Android, led team into launch for millions of users
- Worked with PMs and managers to do quarterly planning and roadmap product work, as well as handle technical debt
- Wrote technical design documents for various Canvas features
- Mentored team and led technical direction

### Software Engineer @ Twitch
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
- Added phone number signup flows 
- Spearheaded investigation of modularization for the Android app; established a demo module to kick off modularization efforts
- Added a new offline channel page experience
- Initiated and led deprecation of a shared C++ SDK across iOS and Android

### Software Development Engineer (Android) @ Twitch
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
- Worked on Growth initiatives, completely overhauled login and signup flows, onboarding flows, and notification settings.
- Maintained and updated notifications, migrated from GCM -> FCM, added granular tracking of notifications
- Worked on various refactors including Java -> Kotlin, Dagger injection, and GraphQL api migrations

### Software Engineering Intern @ Twitch
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco
Worked on the Android mobile team.
- Added Channel Feed, which includes comments and posts
- Independently worked to create a basic broadcaster dashboard for the Android app (which didn't exist prior). This was later expanded to be a fully fledged feature.

### Web Developer @ Draftpot
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
- Full stack web developer using Meteor.js
- Lead developer for the eSports division. Responsibilities include product development, design, implementation and integration with existing technologies/services, as well as communication with outside companies. 
- Developed and managed the website's REST API


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Columbia University

### High School in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
Little Rock Central High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/davidhechen

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Last updated: 2026-04-05