# Dechen Zeng

> Software Engineer @ Tetricus Labs | AI/ML Development | Columbia CS

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dechen

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Tetricus Labs
Jan 2023 – Present | New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Led the design and deployment of an LLM-driven clinical assistant chatbot with function calling via Vertex AI, enabling dynamic retrieval of patient-specific health data and streamlining analytical workflows—cutting clinical note creation time by ~40%.
- Engineered a sentiment analysis dashoboard with React and Vertex AI to extract emotional context from therapy transcripts, generating mood heatmaps to enhance client-therapist engagement.
- Developed a HIPAA-compliant dashboard to visualize Apple HealthKit data in real time, using interactive charts to improve clinical oversight and enhance clinical responsiveness.
- Contributed to scalable, production-ready features within a HIPAA-compliant architecture using Python, TypeScript, Docker, and GCP.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Economic Security Planning, Inc
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Implemented and released new features in Angular Client and Java Server, ensuring stability and user experience.
- Contributed to migrating legacy Angular JS modules to Angular 12+ to enhance the interaction with new computation services.
- Implemented automatic unit tests and integration tests using Docker and Bitbucket Pipelines, ensuring code quality for each build.
- Provided technical expertise in creating and maintaining technical documentation along the migration process.
- Maintained the continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and clusters for both development environments


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Columbia University

### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)
University of Southern California


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dechen-zeng
- GitHub: https://github.com/zengdechen

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Last updated: 2026-03-21