# Derek Choe

> Engineering @ CLEAR

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

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## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ CLEAR
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ CLEAR
Jan 2022 – Present | New York, New York, United States
• Led the development of a real-time analytics dashboard and ETL pipeline, replacing manual reporting for partners. 
• Led the integration of a document capture SDK, cutting failure rates by 50% and capturing times by 1 minute. 
• Delivered key features for the launch of Clear verified, enabling high-profile partnerships (LinkedIn, Uber, T-Mobile, The Home Depot, Greenhouse, Docusign)
• Drove adoption fo Cypress E2E testing. Later made improvements to testing suite to cut runtime by 50% and led team-wide rollout with best practices and documentation.
• Led development of selfie authentication flow, balancing UX and security in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

### Software Engineer II @ The Action Network
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
• Joined as one of the first engineers and helped to scale the company through its $240 million acquisition.
• Led the development of a custom CMS for marketing and CTA pages, driving a 300% increase in organic traffic and top 5 Google rankings.
• Owned performance optimization on high-traffic pages. Implemented caching, lazy loading, static generation and migration to Next.js. These efforts led to cutting page weight by 20% and improved load times.

### Software Engineer I @ The Action Network
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area


## Education
### Bachelor's degree
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/derekchoe
- Portfolio: http://derekchoe.com
- Portfolio: https://kobe-shot-chart.herokuapp.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30