# Rebecca Chen

> Senior Software Engineer at Nextdoor

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rebeccachen

Cat and coffee enthusiast, runner and artist, passionate about doing work that matters.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Nextdoor
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco
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### Software Development Engineer Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, WA
Alexa Smart Home Platform -- Setup

- Made improvements to the customer experience for device discovery upon enablement of a skill in the Alexa Skill Store (reduced wait time and more straightforward discovery process).
- Project contributed to team's backend code migration of discovery logic into a new service and provided external developers with new pathways to trigger device discovery, supporting future third-party initiatives.
- Gained technical and engineering experience in building backend services, using AWS services such as SQS, writing comprehensive documentation, and presenting designs and work to stakeholders.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Nextdoor
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Worked as a full-stack web developer across two different teams (Core Client & Offers). 

- Core Client: Ported user management functionality to a new Salesforce interface for internal operations staff.  Replaced deprecated code with new backend Django APIs and React frontend. 
- Offers: Built views and features to support needs such as sharing, improved user experience, instrumentation, and A/B user testing. Engineering work helped facilitate successful alpha launch of the product in select neighborhoods across the country, which saw organic engagement by hundreds of local businesses and neighborhood users.

### Explorer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Redmond, WA
SiGMa Graphics team, Windows & Devices Group

- Added command-line functionality to PIX on Windows, a performance tuning and debugging tool for game developers.
- Wrote production C++ code supporting customizable serialization of in-game screenshots and buffer visualizations in multiple file formats, which was used by AAA/indie developers to automate testing and increase productivity. 
- Gained exposure to the graphics pipeline, imaging libraries, and HLSL programming.
- Took on program manager roles in defining and communicating the scope of our features and designing a demo.

### CS 61A Lab Assistant/Academic Intern @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Berkeley, CA
- Assisted students in learning Python, Scheme, and SQL and in understanding labs, homework, and projects in lab and office hours.
- Staffed weekly labs and office hours, working with approximately 40 students per week


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

### High School
Valencia High School
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22