# Xin Yi Chen

> Software Engineer at Stripe

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

Computer Science graduate from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently a full-stack software engineer at Stripe on Issuing.

I am hardworking and always up for a challenge - once, I ran 12 half-marathons within the course of one year as a New Years Resolution. Feel free to contact me via my LinkedIn.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Stripe
Jan 2020 – Present

### Software Engineering Intern @ Gusto
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. To learn more about life at Gusto, visit gusto.com/careers. We’re hiring in San Francisco, Denver, and New York.

Project: Automated Partner Revenue Share Payments

### Android Developer @ Mobile Developers of Berkeley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, CA
A student organization serving as a pre-incubator for mobile app development with a 4% acceptance rate
•	Served as project manager and co-developer for Datum; Selected to be a developer on the contract team
•	Completed a training program resulting in the completion of five mobile application projects
•	Technology used: Firebase, Threading, Notifications, Job Scheduling, Sketch, Services, JSON

### Software Engineering Intern @ Strava
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
1. Won "Best Internal Hack" for a toggle tool between free and premium accounts for flexible testing of experiences
2. Spearheaded development of a UI-rendering app, streamlining UI testing through cutting necessary build times to test UI visuals from ~3 minutes to ~1 minute.
3. Implemented user-facing features on the activity details page, improving the experience of tens of millions of users
4. Modularized customized third party library code of a nine-year codebase; Wrote tests; Participated in code reviews
5. Technology used: Android Studio, Charles Proxy, Postman, Butterknife, RxJava, Dagger, Server-Driven Mobile Development

### Contract Android Developer @ Switchboard
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, CA
•	Co-developed an MVP Android app for Switchboard, a local startup with a pre-existing iOS application
•	Built the onboarding flow, providing email and Facebook authentication options with Switchboard's REST API
•	Engaged in developing and QA of asynchronous voice messaging and calling features for group communication
•	Technology used: Android Studio, Socket IO, OkHttp3, Facebook for Developers

### Academic Intern @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Berkeley, CA
Served as an academic intern for the class Computer Science 61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.

Responsibilities include:
1.  Aided teaching assistants with student requests during office hours, lab, and study sections
2. Answered students’ questions regarding class concepts in a computer science course with over 1,800 students

### Co-Founder and President @ Project Infinite Education
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area
Mission: Project Infinite Education is a student-led and student-initiated charity organization committed to promoting educational equality by increasing accessibility to educational opportunities and resources to underprivileged students. It also aims to expand the perspectives of students who already have sufficient access to education by involving them in supporting the education of the underprivileged. 
Past Projects Include:
1. Led an Hour of Code, teaching 30 students, grades K through 12, coding concepts
2. Planned a free summer art class, introducing students to the concept of STEAM

### Summer Intern, CEO for Student Ambassadors @ Washington Business Week
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area
Responsibilities and Achievements include:
1. Co-coordinated and ran a week-long business education program for over 120 high school students
2. Delivered a speech at a fundraising event for potential sponsors that raised thousands of dollars for student scholarships
3. Designed a marketing strategy for 20 student ambassadors to increase program enrollment, generating hundreds of potential leads

### High School Intern @ Institute for Systems Biology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Seattle Area
Responsibilities and Achievements Include: 
1. Tested Halobacterium salinarum media variations to minimize ingredient cost.
2. Researched aquaponics systems, culminating in a published article for the Baliga Lab.
3. Co-designed an intern website and developed videos, allowing future prospective interns to learn about the internship opportunity.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Semester Exchange in Computer Science
National University of Singapore

### Diploma in General Studies
Inglemoor High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xinyichen516

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Last updated: 2026-03-29