# Jessica Chai

> Full Stack SWE @ Pinterest

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

Full Stack software engineer with experience building and scaling data-driven products across the entire technical stack. Passionate about building software focused on community impact & fostering greater inclusivity in tech! Open to exciting opportunities and conversations. Feel free to reach me at jessicacdox@gmail.com!

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Software Engineer (Ads) @ Pinterest
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States
Designed and implemented end-to-end optimizations for Pinterest Ads Measurement team, owning changes across workflows, databases, APIs, and UI surfaces; increased study headroom 9% by streamlining survey collection.

Worked closely with sales team to create entirely new platform for creating Pinterest Brand Lift and Pinterest Conversion Lift studies, refining study set up and report generation processes.

### Intro to Database Systems (CS 4320) Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
On the Microsoft Loop team under Office Product Group

### OPG Intern Allyship Leader @ Microsoft
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Led and designed an organization-level workshop for employees, managers, and Corporate Vice Presidents within the Office Product Groups Organization to learn how to be better allies to interns, selected as one of 5 interns out of over 100 within the organization

### Explore (Software Engineer/Product Manager) Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Redmond, Washington, United States

### President @ Cornell Design & Tech Initiative
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Led team of 100+ students in creating 8 website projects to improve student experience for
the Cornell community; e.g. an online office hours site and a course reviewer

Created more equitable recruitment; worked closely with Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion chair of
Cornell CIS school to design a behavioral interview, reinvent scoring rubrics, and build a more
standardized deliberation process

### Software Developer on Zing @ Cornell Design & Tech Initiative
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Social Events Chair @ Association of Computer Science Undergraduates
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Frontend Website Developer @ The Wardrobe at Cornell
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Sales Associate @ AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science/ Business
Cornell University

### IB Diploma
Richard Montgomery High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jessica-chai8

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Last updated: 2026-04-05