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Justin K. Chen

Staff Software Engineer at Heir

Justin K. Chen has a diverse range of work experience in software engineering and technical advisory roles. Starting in 2012, they worked as a Course Assistant at Stanford University, assisting with various courses. In 2012, they also interned as a Mobile Software Engineer at Zynga.

In 2013, Justin joined Airbnb as a Senior Software Engineer, where they served as a Tech Lead for the Payments Investigative Tooling team. Justin was also a Trust and Safety engineering tech lead, focusing on fraud detection/prevention and creating a trusted marketplace for users. Justin remained at Airbnb until 2023, contributing as a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead for cross-organizational projects.

In 2018, Justin founded their own software development company, Justincredible Software, and in the same year, they became a Founding Software Engineer at Set. At Set, they played a crucial role in designing and implementing private and public APIs, building infrastructure and integrations for services, and developing features for TokenSets, using technologies such as Rails, Node, Solidity, and React.

Justin's work experience also includes roles as a Chief Technical Advisor at Halo and as the Founder of The Riot Record, where they designed and built a full app using the MERN stack. Justin also worked as an Advisor Head of Engineering at Stashrun, providing technical architecture advice and recruiting engineering teams for impact influencers.

Most recently, Justin joined HEIR in 2023 as a Staff Software Engineer, leading the development of athlete-first communities. Justin is responsible for building Expo React Native projects on Node APIs and leading the development of the NFT membership experience using Solidity.

Overall, Justin K. Chen's work experience showcases their expertise in full-stack development, blockchain technology, team leadership, and technical advisory roles.

Justin K. Chen's education history begins in 2002 when they attended Shanghai American School for their high school education. Justin continued their studies at Wilson High School from 2006 to 2007. Afterwards, they pursued a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2007 to 2011.

Justin then enrolled at Stanford University, where they obtained a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from 2011 to 2013. In 2018 and 2019, they furthered their education by completing a Nanodegree program in Machine Learning at Udacity.

Aside from their formal education, Justin obtained additional certifications. In August 2020, they acquired the "Software Architecture Foundations" certification from LinkedIn. Justin also obtained "The Six Morning Habits of High Performers" certification from LinkedIn in the same month and year.

The provided information does not mention any additional degrees beyond the ones specified or any other educational experiences.

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  • Staff Software Engineer

    May, 2023 - present

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