# Jay Chen

> Software Engineer at Valon

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jaychen

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Valon
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Valon Labs

### Product Partner @ Afore Capital
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
If you're looking to raise a pre-seed round, please reach out :)

https://www.afore.vc/

### Software Engineer @ Stripe
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Financial Automation

### Software Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019: Self-driving Vehicle Platform: Dispatch
Jul 2017 - Mar 2018: Uber AI Labs
Apr 2015 - Jul 2017: Rider/Driver Matching



Papers published:
- https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.06563 (GECCO 2018)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.06568 (GECCO 2018)
Blog post: https://eng.uber.com/deep-neuroevolution/

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Menlo Park, Calfornia
Feed Ads

### Undergraduate Researcher @ UCLA Department of Computer Science
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Los Angeles, California
Databases

### Software Development Engineering Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Redmond, Washington
Data Services


## Education
### B.S. in Computer Science
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jay-chen-30809147

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Last updated: 2026-04-10