# Jennifer Chen > swe @ datadog 🐢 Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jenniferchen Hi, I'm Jenniferβ€”thanks for stopping by! πŸ“š I graduated from Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. πŸ• I am currently working as a Software Engineer at Datadog. Previously I’ve worked as a Software Engineering Intern at Embark Trucks, Full-Stack Developer Intern at Scotiabank, Data Engineering Intern at The Globe and Mail, and Software Engineering Intern at Ratio.City. 🧸 In school I was VP of Engineering at UW Blueprint, Waterloo's tech for social good chapter. Previously, I led a team of six developers working with the Children's Aid Society to develop a platform to facilitate their child supervision access program. I have also been a project developer, working with Planet Read to promote literacy around the world. πŸš„ I was also highly involved with my school's Hyperloop design team Waterloop, having served as Project Manager for over a year. 🌱 In my free time, you can find me going on runs, taking care of my succulents and eating good food. πŸ—¨ Always looking to learn from others' experiences β€” let’s chat! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer II @ Datadog Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Container integrations / autoscaling ### Software Engineer @ Datadog Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area Container integrations ### Blueprint Software Foundation - Developer @ UW Blueprint Jan 2023 – Present Helping NPOs maintain projects shipped by UW Blueprint! ### Vice President of Engineering @ UW Blueprint Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Managing project leads and revamping the developer hiring pipeline ### Project Lead @ UW Blueprint Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Children's Aid Society ### Project Developer @ UW Blueprint Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Planet Read ### Project Management Advisor @ Waterloop Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ### Technical Project Manager @ Waterloop Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Waterloo, Ontario β€’ Planned and facilitated hyperloop meetings with 80+ students β€’ Collaborated in writing engineering design package selected by SpaceX as one ofΒ top 50 worldwide ### Software Team Member @ Waterloop Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 β€’ Worked on development of a VR application in Unity to view current hyperloop pod design β€’ Implemented cross-section feature to allow users to view the inner components of the pod ### Co-op Supervisor @ Waterloop Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Ontario, Canada β€’ Selected and supervised mechanical team co-op student β€’ Organized tasks, projects and one-on-one meetings throughout the term ### Mechanical Team Member @ Waterloop Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 β€’ Coordinated with electrical team to establish optimal placement of embedded boards on the pod β€’ Designed panels to mount components onto pod space frame ### Software Engineering @ Datadog Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States Open-source APM Ruby tracing team ### Software Engineering @ Embark Trucks Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States Telematics and live-monitoring of self-driving vehicles ### Advisor @ Canadian Hyperloop Conference Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Helping plan Canada's first Hyperloop competition ### Software Engineering @ Scotiabank Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada β€’ Helped develop production web application using React, NodeJS, Express for auto-financing car loans and leases, projected to increase bank revenue by $150,000 per car manufacturer β€’ Managed MongoDB database schema and endpoints in bank-wide service using Mongoose; led the team to brainstorm key changes to improve organization of the externally-managed repository β€’ Implemented key application features such as circuit breaker, service token authentication, Redis cache connection in backend repositories to enable client application creation and updates β€’ Onboarded new co-op and three new full-time employees onto project ### Data Engineering @ The Globe and Mail Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada β€’ Led refactor of natural language processing product to inform newsroom article promotion decisions; created Python and PostgreSQL Airflow jobs for better workflow management β€’ Enabled monitoring and alerts in Datadog across the company's news article curation application's six Spring Boot microservices to diagnose errors in production β€’ Standardized unit test conventions, improved test code coverage for Python application from 20% to 90% β€’ Introduced integration testing pipeline in Jenkins to ensure quality code ### Software Engineering @ RATIO.CITY Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ontario, Canada β€’ Standardized local development environments using Docker, decreasing on-boarding time by 95% β€’ Launched and maintained Superset metrics dashboard using Amazon EC2 instances and Clickhouse database, increasing customer success effectiveness by 75% β€’ Created back end (Django, PostgreSQL) and front end (Angular) for new web app modal to support company expansion in any geographic location β€’ Implemented unit testing frameworks in Python ETL scripts ### QA Analyst @ Clearbridge Mobile Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Ontario, Canada β€’ Ensured timely release of several apps with upwards of 10,000 users, including Purolator and ParticipACTION β€’ Used tools such as Postman, Android Studio, Selenium and Charles Proxy β€’ Developed framework for automated web and API testing, helping increase testing efficiency ### Senior Academic Head @ Markham Classics Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Ontario, Canada β€’ Planned various school-wide events to promote the appreciation for Classical Roman and Greek culture β€’ Aided in the preparation of members competing in various academic competitions throughout the year Previously: Student Advisor, Junior Academic Head ### Team Captain - 5428 Breaking Bots @ FIRST Robotics Canada Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Ontario, Canada β€’ Designed and constructed a 120 lb. robot to accomplish the given tasks as set out by FIRST β€’ Led team to regional, provincial and international competitions β€’ Oversaw and executed team-wide meetings weekly, effectively leading 100 students β€’ Planned outreach events with other teams in the community, including participation at the Markham Santa Claus Parade Previously: Advisor, Vice-President, Drive-Team Member ## Education ### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Systems Design Engineering | Computing Option University of Waterloo Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 ### Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc in Engineering National University of Singapore Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Markham District High School Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jenniferjcchen --- Source: https://flows.cv/jenniferchen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jenniferchen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23