Glen Chen

Frontend Engineer and UI/UX Designer focused on building cool service products.

Singapore, SST|GMT+8

GC

About

As a frontend engineer and ui/ux designer, I have successfully taken multiple products from 0 to 1. I have also lead teams effectively, ensuring an environment where people can do their best work. Currently, I work mostly with TypeScript, React, and Swift. I have over ~3 years of experience in working remotely with companies all around the world.

Work Experience

ArchGPT
Freelance
Remote

2023 - 2024

DevOps Developer

Fine-tuned LLMS, led software distribution and notarisation process for macOS version of an open-sourced API devtool, as well as maintaining its CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Actions. Technologies: Python, Azure MS, GitHub Actions

Deus Ludum

2022 - 2024

Director

Along with 2 university buddies, provided software management consultancy services for international clients. Industries include, hotel and hospitality, maritime, aviation, and education.

Urbit
Remote

2022 - 2023

Full-Stack Developer

Developed Apps in Hoon. Planned and organised first community in SEA, teaching and recruiting Urbit devs in SG by 6x. Invited to participate in annual Keynote, Urbit Assembly 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. Technologies: Urbit

SGP Foods
Part-time

2020 - 2022

Software Engineer

Crafted first internal design systems, wireframes, and security toolings. Later on handled international goverment contracts worth 5,000,000 USD, along with other day-to-day stakeholder management and mentoring developers and designers for multiple projects. Technologies: Figma, Wireguard, Gitea, Hashicorp Vault, ActiveCollab

Education

Singapore University of Technology and Design

2019 - 2022
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Design
Software Engineering specialization, with two minors in Aritificial Intelligence and Design

Skills

JavaScript
TypeScript
React/Next.js/Remix
Node.js
TailwindCSS
SwiftUI/iOS

Projects

Insomnium

100% Local and privacy focused open source API client for testing GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Server-sent events and gRPC in development/production

FOSS
TypeScript
Next.js
Electron

Potion

Literally a notion clone; built entirely on Next14, with Convex for database and Clerk for authentication and user management

Side Project
React
NextJS
Convex

Urbit SG

First (and currently still only) Urbit Community in SEA

Community Ecosystem
Urbit

Brick Break

Proof of Stake on Ethereum before it was cool. An open-sourced Ethereum smart contract dapp that allows POS staking system who act as arbitrators

School Project
Javascript
Solidity
Hardhat

Castella

AR App for the fine arts, rendering images of artworks into hyper-realistic AR projection, in actual size and 3D perspective. Backed by NUS Accelerator and MCI

Contract
MeteorJS
AR