John Chen

Software Engineer BE(Hons) · (021) 085-87480 · john.bm.chen@gmail.com

I'm a passionate learner who loves working alongside motivated teams and is always keen to grow in both technical and holistic competency. I strive to deliver work to exceptional standards, always willing to go the extra mile. I am hard working and driven, with a strong work ethic and ownership of responsibilities.

Education

The University of Auckland

Bachelor of Engineer Honours
Software Engineering
Clubs & Societies | Student Life, Unichurch, Google Developer Student Club, Devs Society, Taiwanese And New Zealand Student Association, Kiwi Asian Club, Web Development & Consultancy Club, Unleashed Space, Software Engineering Student Association

GPA: 8.92/9.0 (A+/A+)

Mar 2020 - Present

Manurewa High School

National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Clubs & Societies | Concert Band, Drumline, Badminton, Table Tennis, Spoken Word, Animation

Excellence Endorsed at levels 1, 2, 3

Feb 2015 - Dec 2019

Experience

Software Intern

Optiver
- Led and completed a full stack project in C# and C++ which improved trader’s ability to trade options effectively, with features rolled into production by the end of my internship.
- Developed a functioning autotrader in C++ which connected to real market data and traded against other entities on a simulated market with risk mechanisms in place. Methodologies employed include multi-level quoting, and mechanisms to flatten and retreat.
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

Fullstack Developer Intern

Sandfield Associates Limited
- Worked with numerous clients, taking on considerable responsibility to elicit client interests, manage client relations, and provide novel and unique solutions to meet their needs. Solutions developed in C#, SQL, Typescript, and Sass.
- Migrating existing .NET Framework APIs to .NET Core 6 support.
Nov 2021 - Present

Research and Development Intern

Hynds Smarterwater
- Design and execution of lab scale and on-site R&D experiments in topics including: sensing technology for remote monitor of water infrastructure, wireless data capturing and transmission, data interpretation and analytics.
- Responsible for site surveys and input for digital representation of water infrastructure assets.
- Development and continual improvement of algorithms to perform remote monitoring of water infrastructure asset condition
- Proactive participation in safety conversations, risk assessment exercises, and adhesion to health & safety and policies.
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
& Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

Featured Projects

Porkroll

Porkroll is a 2D platformer created in React.js, Typescript, Sass, with assets made in Adobe Fresco. It serves as the interactive home menu for my new portfolio website.

Click here to see my new portfolio website (still in development)

Dec 2021 - Present

YTech NZ Website

I'm fortunate to lead and develop alongside a group of individuals (of varying technical proficiency) in the official website for YTech NZ. We are still in early stages of design but making exciting progress!

Click here to see the GitHub repository for the project.

Feb 2021 - Present

Kēmu Kupu

Kēmu Kupu is an educational GUI application for children between the ages of 8 to 12 who are picking up te reo Māori. It allowed such children to upskill their Māori vocabulary in a fun, gamified manner. This was the design project for SE206 (Software Engineering Design) undertaken for Part 2 Engineering at the University of Auckland. It was awarded People's Choice Award.

Click here to see the Github repository for the project.

Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

Chance: An App of Oddities

Chance - An App Of Oddities is the first flutter app I've managed to create!
It was primarily an app dev proof of concept as well as a bit of a tinkering in a few things I felt was pretty cool.

Click to see a narrated overview of the application :)

Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

Noodle.com

Created by our team during the WDCC x SESA Hackathon. The theme was "facilitating procrastination".
Whenever the user tries to use a productivity related website such as Wikipedia, they are redirected by a Chrome extension to Noodle.com. Noodle.com is a search engine where all the search results are useless things such as gifs, puns, and videos. Users are able to submit their own content to be added into our database as future search results.

Click here to see the Github repository for the project.

Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

Snake Duel: A Two Player Snake Game

Snake Duel: A Two Player Snake Game is a mobile app that takes on the classic snake game but enables two play. It focuses on game mechanics, timers, and gesture detection. There is a desire to integrate more functionality such as powerups and score counters in future interations.

Click to see an overview of the application :)

Feb 2021 - Apr 2021

Unbeatable Tic-Tac-Toe

Unbeatable Tic-Tac-Toe is a fun interactive website that implements logic to create an unbeatable tic tac toe bot through pattern matching and DOM traversal.

Click to see the website in action!

Aug 2021

Achievements

Jump to secondary schooling

Volunteering

YTech NZ

Executive Member and Operations Lead

In partnership with CreateOps, YTech hosts events that bring industry and secondary schools together to one place at one time to foster connection between the technological leaders of today and tomorrow. Following the success of their events such as ‘YTech: Walking on Mars’ and ‘AI: The World of Tomorrow’, YTech NZ continues to provide insight into STEM pathways and hopes to expand nationwide in the future — particularly to rural and underrepresented communities.

Mar 2017 - Present

Manurewa Youth Council

Events Lead / Treasurer et al.

The Manurewa Youth Council is a Charitable Trust of 21 young people between the ages of 12-24 years old, selected annually from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, reflecting the local community of Manurewa. We connect, support and empower young people to be actively involved in the community.

Nov 2015 - Nov 2018