Xinzhe Chai
Software Developer
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I am a senior studying Computer Science at Brown University. I am passionate about building exciting experience for everyone, through web technologies such as React, and Express. I am never afraid to take on engineering challenges with a learning mind, but I am probably drinking oat milk or Aloe water while I tackle them.
Experience
Incoming Software Engineer
July 2023
Seattle, WA
Software Engineer Intern
May - August 2022
Seattle, WA
Reality Labs - Developer Platform
Software Engineering Intern
July - September 2021
San Francisco, CA
I developed the customer-facing Multifamily Analytics Dashboard with React and Redux. Extensively tested all components with Jest and Cypress test suite. Contributed 15+ reusable web components for Zumper's UI library, providing standardized components across different frontend services.
Product Manager
January 2020 - August 2021
Providence, RI
I led 3 teams to build pro bono web applications for clients such as Brown Initiative for Policy. I hosted weekly stand ups and team member 1:1s to facilitate Agile development process, while also serving as the point of contact between the engineering team and the client.
Web Development Intern
July - August 2020
Lexington, MA
I rebuilt the company website from scratch using WordPress and custom CSS, which now generates 1500+ monthly views. Coordinated with different teams for website content production; completed site migration and provided timely support during downtime.
Projects
MidPoint
A fun polling site that allows user to post interesting questions to community and gauge public opinions.
Nudge
A social to-do list app where users send small tasks to their friends, so everyday favors are done easily.
33sh
A custom shell implemented with C that takes in and parses user commands to operate functionality as Linux terminal.
BIP Website
Official website for Brown Initiative for Policy, a student-run policy and research organization.
Evolution
A neural network powered Flappy Bird game where birds gradually learn when and where to jump.
TradeTracker
A command line interface that helps day trader calculate cumulative earnings on any ticker over time.
Education
Concurrent Sc.B. and Sc.M. in Computer Science
May 2023
Providence, RI
Relevant Coursework: Distributed Systems, Blockchains and Cryptocurrency, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Computer Systems, Deep Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Hypertext Systems, Statistical Inference, Programming Languages
International Baccalaureate
2016 - 2019
Changshu
I founded TEDxUWCChangshu and organized Mini-UWC Summer Program for 4 consecutive years.
Skills
Languages
TypeScript
Python
Java
C
C++
Racket
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
MATLAB
SQL
R
Frontend
React
React Native
Redux
SASS
Emotion
jQuery
Jest
Cypress
Backend
Express
Flask
Django
Firebase
MongoDB
Node.js
REST
DevOps
Docker
Github Action
Rollbar
CircleCI
Heroku
AWS Lightsail
Other Tools
Git
Adobe XD
Figma
Numpy
Adobe Lightroom
WordPress
SolidWorks