# Ryan Chen > Software engineer Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanchen Energized, committed and hard-working computer science student experienced in database systems and software engineering. Enjoys working in fast-paced and challenging environments. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ CaptivateIQ Jan 2024 – Present ### Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Designed a customizable framework for development to enable Google Play store user-targeted offers testing and deployed to Google Play early access partners. Redesigned the Google Play Store subscription cancellation service for a new subscription model deployed to support YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket. Led user data pipeline migration within the organization to new message queue infrastructure by acting as point of contact for my team, which included giving talks, writing guides, and helping debug team-specific issues. Conducted system-wide analysis of Google Play acquisition and order provisioning services to improve system performance and stability. Helped drive cross-team efforts with YouTube product and development teams to enable critical features. ### Software Engineer @ PayPal Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 ### Special Projects Reporter @ The Purdue Exponent Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | West Lafayette, IN Wrote several award-winning articles focusing on in-depth issues around campus. Wrote several internal tools and revamped print night production methods to increase efficiency and communication. ### Software Engineering Intern @ PayPal Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States Designed a data analysis platform including a pipeline from internal components to a Hadoop Distributed Filesystem and a monitoring system. Designed the database schema and created a Jupyter Notebook integration. ### Developer Programs Engineering Intern @ Google Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Created a Python connector for Google Cloud SQL to help users easily and securely authenticate connections. Uses asynchronous Python libraries to run in the background. Open-sourced the codebase, wrote tests and participated in code reviews. ### City Editor @ The Purdue Exponent Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | West Lafayette, IN Managed and organized the city section of Purdue’s student newspaper, wrote articles and edited others’. Stories kept students informed of issues in the Greater Lafayette area. ### Reporter @ The Purdue Exponent Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | West Lafayette, IN Reported on issues regarding the city of West Lafayette and Lafayette and their relevance to student lives for Purdue's student newspaper. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Upbeat Technology Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | New Taipei City, Taiwan Created an issue tracker app to enable hardware engineers and managers to communicate remotely. Implemented using a Flask back end and a SQLite database. App has been used daily by the team since deployment. ### Embedded Software Engineer Intern @ Upbeat Technology Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New Taipei City, Taiwan Designed and implemented a firmware-flashing application on Win32 to work with FTDI drivers. Uses High Speed UART to communicate with Xilinx FPGA and other RISC-V low-power SoCs. Used by Upbeat for firmware upload during mass production. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Purdue University Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 ### Saint Francis High School Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanjengchen - Website: https://ryanjchen.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryanchen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryanchen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20