# Willy Chen

> Staff Software Engineer at Theorycraft Games

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/willychen

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Theorycraft Games
Jan 2022 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ Mountaintop Studios
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Senior Software Engineer @ Riot Games
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer @ Riot Games
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Associate Software Engineer @ Riot Games
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Redmond, WA
• Microsoft Word Team
• Implemented Real-time Co-Authoring, the simultaneous editing of a document by multiple users, in Microsoft Word Mobile.
• Investigated the use of the C++ REST SDK (Casablanca) for client-server communication in Windows Store apps across differing platforms.
• Debugged the behavior of low level Windows concurrency code in libraries across multiple platforms.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Equifax
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Alpharetta, GA
• Core Software Engineering Team.
• Designed and implemented a name anonymization process and system for large banks of name data using Hadoop MapReduce.
• Investigated big data solutions and tools such as Hive and Avro for the Research and Development division of Core Software Engineering.
• Designed and implemented JavaScript applications for the Agile portfolio management platform Rally.
• Debugged and implemented connectors between project tracking tools like from Jira to Rally.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ Duke University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Durham, NC
• Computer Architecture (COMPSCI 250)
• Performed duties such as holding office hours, mentoring students, and grading assignments and tests.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Major in Computer Science, Minor in Economics
Duke University


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

---
Source: https://flows.cv/willychen
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/willychen/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-12