# Minghao Chen

> SWE @ TikTok • CS @ UCLA

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/minghaochen

I'm a Computer Science student at UCLA with five years of experience building web apps, primarily in React with various backend architectures (Python, JS, Go). I also have a working proficiency with Docker containerization and enterprise infrastructure similar to AWS and CI/CD pipelines. I'm interested in applying technology to new ideas.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ TikTok
Jan 2024 – Present | San Jose, California, United States

### Website Maintenance and Graphic Design @ UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States

### Course Reader (CS M148 - Intro to Data Science) @ UCLA
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
- Grade homework, projects, and exams for 150+ students in CS M148 (Introduction to Data Science)
- Assist teaching team in modifying rubric to better test student’s understanding of class materials

### Software Engineering Intern @ Claris, an Apple company
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summer 2
- Migrated legacy internal admin tool to a new central dashboard to decrease maintenance overhead by 50%
- Revamped customer onboarding tool used by Sales team, adding features to help scalability and streamlining UI/UX
- Reduced end-user delay by 10% through caching of SSR content and movement of searching, filtering, and pagination to backend 
- Constructed web hosting infrastructure from the ground up by starting VMs, configuring VPCs, setting security policies, and creating DNS CNAME records
- Refactored critical path tests and CI/CD pipelines to establish a “safety net,” catching errors before changes get merged, decreasing time-to-market for new feature releases by multiple days
- Relieved pressure on QA team by shortening manual verification time; projected to save 1000 man-hours per year

### Software Engineering Intern @ Apple
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Full-Stack Web Development (Project Lead) @ Daily Bruin
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Acted as project lead for "Gallery Maker" a tool to simplify the creation of newspaper galleries, incorporating use of Amazon S3 
- Led transition of legacy Javascript projects to Typescript

### Full-Stack Web Development @ Daily Bruin
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Produced software for use by hundreds of other Daily Bruin staff
- Undertook full-stack web app development with React and Antd on the frontend and Django REST on the backend

### Software Engineering Intern @ Claris, an Apple company
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summer 1
- Created full-stack web app to store and retrieve thousands of BLOB-type objects from an internal version of AWS S3 
- Developed end-to-end critical path testing framework for frontend components, ensuring quality of weekly releases 
- Designed custom Docker images to build and deploy web apps automatically via CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarized with Agile Scrum development strategies in professional software development environment

### Software Engineering Intern @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Environment, Health and Safety Intern @ Penumbra, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Alameda, California, United States
- Work with Penumbra’s Environmental Health & Safety Team
- Shadow team members while conducting health and safety checks and environmental evaluations
- Promote ergonomics via short one-minute videos

### Barista/Cashier @ Gong Cha USA - CALIFORNIA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
- Interact with customers, providing distinguished customer service
- Operate as the point of sales, handling cash and card transactions precisely
- Mix drinks according to customer tastes

### Digital Literacy Instructor @ Oakland Public Education Fund
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Oakland, California, United States
- Attend twice-weekly sessions on-time and with necessary materials
- Create course material to teach elders computer basics
- Work with team and other colleagues to lead engaging and effective classes


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
UCLA

### Minor in Asian Languages with Concentration in Japanese
UCLA

### Alameda High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/minghao912
- GitHub: https://github.com/minghao912

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Last updated: 2026-03-29