# Mike Chen > Software Engineer at Facebook Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikechen2 Software engineer passionate about driving impact. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Stealth Startup Jan 2021 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Facebook Jan 2017 – Present | Menlo Park, California ### Senior Software Engineer @ Uber Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Principal Engineer @ Turo Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ### Co-founder, Lead Engineer (Social Studio, Inc.) @ FADE – Nothing Lasts Forever Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area FADE (Social Studio, Inc.) is an ephemeral sharing and messaging app for college students. Worked on full stack including native iOS app, Android app, analytics system, and backend API. Built features including network-based sharing, location-based sharing, and direct messaging. Technologies used: Objective-C, iOS, Java, Android, MQTT, Ruby On Rails, Redis, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch ### Co-founder, Lead Engineer (Social Studio, Inc.) @ JumpCam Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area JumpCam (Social Studio, Inc.) is a mobile app that makes it easy to create collaborative videos with your friends, audiences, and the people around you. JumpCam has been featured on Apple App Store, Google Play, and media outlets around the world. Working with a small team of brilliant engineers, I led the creation of the jumpcam.com website, native iOS app, native Android app, and cloud-based video rendering service, backend API, and analytics system. Technologies used: Obj C, Java, Android, Rails, C, Redis, PostgreSQL ### Lead Engineer @ Ownza / ShopSquad Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 Ownza lets you share, discover and discuss cool products. Unlock personalized discounts based on what you own. Get cashback from 2000+ stores. Joined as company's first engineer; built and led a team of four engineers. Features we built include: • Web-based video and text chat with co-browsing. • IM bots to notify users in real-time via major instant messaging networks. • Web plugins for merchants to offer video chat and product Q&A on their website. • Automated system to import affiliate commission transactions from multiple affiliate marketing networks, and attribute each commission to user who referred the purchase. • Browser plugin supporting Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer. • Product Q&A site with affiliate linking. ### Architect @ RockYou! Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Redwood City, CA RockYou is a leading developer of social games and advertising solutions for social media. • Technical lead for the company's flagship Facebook game with over 2 million daily unique users. Led a team of 20 developers to release two major features every week. Worked with back-end team to improve performance and scalability. Worked on migration of 20 million users from a legacy backend data structure to a new back-end data structure with minimal downtime. • When company increased engineering head count by 50% in 3 months, created a course to train new developers. • Ported a top Facebook application to Myspace, rewrote most of the code to convert it to a single page webapp. Within a month of release, it was featured on Myspace’s Editor’s Pick. • Performed technical due diligence on acquisition targets. ### Senior Developer @ Avenue A | Razorfish Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Seattle, WA Razorfish helps companies build great brands by creating engaging experiences for consumers wherever they live in the digital world. Their clients include Microsoft, Mercedes-AMG, Coca-Cola, Coors, and numerous Fortune 500 companies. • Design and develop web-based applications for clients. • Investigate new technology. • Provide technical recommendations to clients. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Alorica, Inc. Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Chino Hills, CA Alorica is one of the largest customer contact outsourcer in the US with over 6,000 employees. Alorica's Helix is a comprehensive web-based software suite that bridges CRM support across the entire enterprise. • Work with product management team regarding system architecture, coding techniques, and testing methodologies. Lead team to develop web based CRM application, integration web services, warehouse management application. Provide mentoring to junior developers. Provide project estimation. Worked with the following clients: Gateway/Emachine, VIZIO, Hewlett Packard, Costco. ### Software Developer @ Schematic Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Culver City, CA Schematic is an interactive agency that creates branded experiences. • Design and develop interactive web applications and portals for various clients. Enhance and maintain proprietary CMS. Troubleshoot, debug legacy code. Provide technical advice, project scoping, and cost estimate to client services team. Provide mentoring to junior developers. ### Co-founder, System Analyst, Developer @ C3 Trading, Inc. Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 | City of Industry, CA C3 Trading is a B2C e-commerce company selling automotive performance products. • Responsible for developing multiple e-commerce web sites and business applications. Created and manage multiple e-e-commerce web sites for B2C transactions. Designed business processes and created applications for order processing, purchasing, warehousing and inventory control. Managed online marketing and sales channels such as eBay, Google, Yahoo Shopping. ### Co-founder, CTO @ McGlen Internet Group Jan 1995 – Jan 2001 | Irvine, CA McGlen Internet Group is a B2C e-commerce company selling computer hardware. In 2000, company was acquired by Northgate Innovations. Remained as CTO of Northgate Innovations until 2001. • Responsible for all technical decisions and operation. Developed e-commerce websites and back-office applications. Made all hardware and software purchasing decisions. Lead implementation of ERP system. ## Education ### BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mikec54088 --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikechen2 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikechen2/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11