# Melissa Chan

> Staff Software Engineer at Outreach

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/melissachan

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Outreach
Jan 2023 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Outreach
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Dev Manager & Software Engineer @ Assemble Inc
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States
• Leads a development team and is responsible for quality technical deliverables.
• Developed and maintains multiple large, modular full-stack web applications with complex and agile requirements implemented in a cloud computing platform.
• Collaborates with leadership teams to inform decisions on people, processes, tools, and technology.
• Supports the personal development of my direct reports through regular 1:1s, goal-setting towards skills development, and career growth.

### Technical Lead & Software Engineer @ Assemble Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington, United States
• Developed and maintains a large, modular full-stack web application with complex and agile requirements implemented in a cloud computing platform. Utilized technologies such as Express.js, Docker, and React.
• Build a distributed system, contributing to APIs, automated testing, and CI/CD pipeline.
• Leads a development team and is responsible for quality technical deliverables.
• Reviewed major system enhancements and architecture of new applications.
• Strong client focus - dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of external clients, and establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients.

### Software Engineer @ Assemble Inc
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, Washington, United States
• Developed and launched multiple Ruby on Rails applications on Amazon Web Services.
• Updated and maintained legacy applications built in Backbone.js.
• Designed and implemented database architecture for applications using various databases such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

### Software Engineer @ 7MB Technologies
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Seattle, WA
• Worked on an iOS/Android application and pushed development using Objective C, Java, and Javascript using Appcelerator Titanium.
• Participated in all phases of the software development life cycle to convert concepts and specifications into released iOS/Android applications and features.
• Interacted daily with software practices such as source control, bug tracking, testing, etc.

### President @ University of Washington Chinese Student Association
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Seattle, WA
• In charge of coordinating officer meetings and holding executive meetings.
• Maintained contact with organization alumni and advisor.
• Represented the organization to the University.
• Coordinated executive board officer transitions.

### Software Engineer Internship @ Assemble Inc
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Seattle, WA
• Tested frontend implementation through Mocha and WebDriver.
• Used task runners such as Grunt for testing Node.js applications.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Washington
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### Robert A. Long High School
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melissachan2

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