# Ken Chen

> Software Engineer

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

Experience firmware and software developer at IBM.

## Work Experience
### IBM System Z Development – Staff Software Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2015 – Present
•	Design and develop new features and customer defect fixes for Prepare Channel Buffer, Test Channel Buffer, and Locate Channel Buffer
•	Review and improve existing code modules to enhance performance 
•	Develop test-cases for new features in simulation environment and improve existing code test coverage
•	Fully test codes to ensure successful machine delivery and always able to maintain 100% machine up-time

### Firmware Tools Development Team @ IBM
Jan 2016 – Present
Coupling MilliCode Debugger ( 2016 - Present )
•	Develop and maintain a tool in Python and JavaFX to provide cross platform usage in MAC OSX, Windows and Linux to assist team members debug their assembler code and improve efficiency
•	helped to create back-end algorithm to parse and convert simulation trace files to JSON files for front-end interfaces
•	Produced front-end UI leveraging JavaFX to present and organize information with the ability to pause and step through source code and greatly improved debugging speed  
•	Designed features for live register updates, multi-threaded trace files support, module lists, and search functions in trace files
•	Continue to improve and provide support for this tool - apply bug fixes, gather user feedbacks and host weekly development meetings 

VS Code Editor Plugins ( 2019 – Present )
•	Created VS Code editor plug-ins in JavaScript to enhance Millicode Development efficiency by creating the following features:
•	Millicode code beautify, run Millicode build, block comments, provide instructions mnemonics lookups, clone git projects, extract modules from build zip
•	Utilizing API to provide user with most updated Millicode architectures information when using certain plugin

ATOM Editor Plugins ( 2014 – 2018)
•	Create new ATOM plug-ins to enhance Millicode development efficiency by creating the following features: 
•	IBM Millicode syntax highlight, Millicode definition tooltips, Language mnemonics lookups,  Millicode language linter

### Department Quality and Team Simulation Representative @ IBM
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
•	Coordinated with different teams to perform quality control of design documents, records, code reviews, and simulations
•	Performed Failure Analysis for function test, system test, field problems to ensure future production quality
•	Created quarterly reports detailing lessons learned from each project and organized records for future references
•	Tracked simulation defects with other firmware teams, propose resolutions and simulation improvements to prevent defects in the field

### IBM System Z Development – Firmware Engineer @ IBM
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Poughkeepsie, NY
•	Developed features base on specifications and designed unit simulation testing for System Z
•	Debugged and resolved test floor coupling firmware related problems

### Personal Projects @ Photo sharing site Clone [project]
Jan 2019 – Present
•	Created a photo sharing site clone using Django REST Framework for backend and React for the frontend
•	Designed a database using Django REST backend framework allow user to create an account and upload photo using Amazon S3 storage 
•	Using React to create a UI cloned similar to 500px, allow user to register an account, upload and share photos, follow users, photo feeds daily from followed users, explore all shared photos

### Personal Projects @ Live Keeper Draft Tool [project]
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
•	Developed a live drafting tool in Django Framework, Channels, Python, HTML and JavaScript for Fantasy Football Keeper League to allow for multi-player live interactions during a draft
•	Designed a database using Django framework in Python for hosting a private draft 
•	Developed an UI in JavaScript and CSS for league members to accomplish a custom format drafting process 
•	Designed the live drafting process and live chat using Django Channels to provide trades during draft, live update of the draft-board, live update each member’s roster, timer countdown, and broadcast custom audio announcement of the current player being draft

### Bus Driver @ OCC Transport, Inc
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Binghamton University


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Engineering
Binghamton University

### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering
Binghamton University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ken-chen-b89b3434
- Portfolio: https://chenjk7.github.io/kenchen/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31