David Chen

Software Developer

I am currently a master student studying Computer Science at Khoury College of Computer and Information Sciences, Northeastern University. I finished my undergrad at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics where I got a B.S. in Public Finance and my first master at Case Western Reserve University with M.S. in Finance. My interests lie in computer graphics, machine learning, and data visualization.

Work Experiences

DoorDash, Inc.

San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer Intern
05/2019 - 08/2019

DoorDash is a technology company that connects people with the best in their cities by empowering local businesses and in turn, generate new ways for people to earn, work and live.

  • Designed and implemented multiple-delivery assignments, including clustering, route generation and optimization
  • Executed experiments to determine thresholds for batching opportunities to increase acceptance in Scala and Kotlin
  • Introduced local LRU cache to reduce external service calls with a 40% hit rate and 50% response time

State Street Global Advisors

Boston, MA
Quantitative Research Analyst Co-op
07/2018 - 12/2018

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the investment management division of State Street Corporation and the world's fifth largest asset manager, with nearly $2.8 trillion (USD) in assets under management.

  • Initiated and implemented a portfolio construction Web App hosted on local network with performance analytics
  • Conducted cross-functional research and developed portfolio selection models integrating ESG with R and SQL
  • Assessed 12 aspects of 4 sovereign risk data providers and presented to global senior management team

Industrial Bank Research

Shanghai, China
Software Development Intern
06/2017 - 08/2017

Industrial Bank (IB) is one of the first batch of joint-stock commercial banks approved by the State Council and the People's Bank of China, and with a registered capital of 19.052 billion yuan, IB is staying stably among Global Top 50 Banks.

  • Developed an application (in C++) with Wind database plugin to automatically generate bank credit rating reports
  • Designed a SQL database to store 500 banks Financial data from Wind, allowing modification and coupled with Excel
  • Enabled analysts to adjust weights, view result, and produce reports with graphs for different periods

A.T. Kearney

Shanghai, China
Part-time Data Analyst
06/2017 - 08/2017

A.T. Kearney is an American global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues facing businesses, governments and institutions around the globe.

  • Developed and optimized cost and service model (in SQL) for largest semiconductor dealer in Asia-Pacific
  • Implemented graph search algorithm using Java Database Connectivity to find least cost and fastest logistic routes
  • Reduced 15% stock keeping units (SKUs) and realized 30% of saving in both time and transportation

Education

MSc Computer Science

2017 - 2019

MSc Management-Finance

2015 - 2017

BSc Public Finance

2011 - 2015
  • President of Unilever Club

Professional Skills

Top Skills

95%

Python

Advanced, 4 years

CS 5001 – Intensive Foundations of Computer Science (TA)
CS 5100 – Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

90%

Java

Advanced, 3 years

CS 5010 – Programming Design Paradigm
CS 5200 – Database Management Systems
CS 5800 – Algorithms (TA)
CS 6650 – Building Scalable Distributed Systems
CS 6200 – Information Retrieval

85%

C/C++

Advanced, 3 years

CS 5600 – Computer Systems
CS 5800 – Algorithms

Other Skills

JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 Git Node.js LaTeX
Assembly SQL MongoDB R MATLAB Scala

Testimonials

Portfolio

Birthday Card

Pen Drawing

Cardcaptor Clow Card

Procreate

Cat

Enlight

Disney Park

Photography

Ellipse

R

Japanese Tea Garden

Photography

Lake Tahoe

Photography

Mission Peak

Photography

Northeastern University

Photography

Le Rêve - The Dream

Photography

Pokemon Charmander

Procreate

Pokenmon Puzzle

Procreate

Replay For Kids

Web Development

Scream

Paint

Shanghai

Photography

Totoro

Pen Drawing

Yosemite

Photography

Get in Touch

I'm currently looking for intersting projects and ideas that I can help with.

Areas that I am interested:

  • Software Development
  • Web Development
  • Computer Vision
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization

Drop me a line at me@davidychen.com.