# Elaine Chien

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/elainechien

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2024 – Present
Account Security Team

Safeguard critical user actions to mitigate hijacking and abuse:
- Build re-authentication systems that support both native Google users as well as third party SSO authenticated users
- Design solutions that balance security and usability 
- Continuously adapt our systems to new hijacking patterns

### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024
Chrome Browser UI Architecture Team (Desktop)
+ 20% with the Open Source Security team (September 2022 - Feburary 2024)
+ 20% with the Chrome Security team (Feburary 2024 - May 2024)

### Module Developer @ Data Science Department, UC Berkeley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
- Use Python and Jupiter Notebook to develop course curriculum for professors at UC Berkeley that integrate different fields with computing and statistics
- Created small lessons to teach data science concepts for biology professors
- Developed an economics game that simulated a market for energy and allowed students to place bids and analyze results

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
-Developed a feature on new redesign of Facebook site to expedite process for inviting to groups nonmembers that are mentioned in comments
- Use Relay, React, and PHP to create attachment with invite functionality that renders under comments with nonmembers mentioned
- Worked on tasks to assist migration from the current facebook website to new redesign

### Software Engineer Internship @ Qualcomm
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area
- Worked on data connectivity team developing a safety feature for autonomous vehicles to      send real time camera data from the car back to an operator
- Enabled video streaming across multiple paths to help increase bandwidth and reliability
- Used C to work on implementing scheduler algorithm that calculates the best path to send data across based on modem input


## Education
### Bachelor's degree
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/elaine-chien-35b738132

---
Source: https://flows.cv/elainechien
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/elainechien/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-22