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Max Chou

[email protected]
+1-415-562-4988

Software Architect with 5 years of experience in software development. Team leading experience, and multiple startup experiences.


Based in Vancouver, Canada.

Fast-MVP solution engineer with reliable code quality and structure design.

Employment History

Colony Networks —  Software Engineer — Sep. 2022 ~ Present — Vancouver, Canada

Academia Sinica (中央研究院) —  Software Engineering Consultant — May. 2021 ~ Aug. 2021 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Proposed IoT-based infrastructure for the project that regarding COVID-19-related virus concentration detection of the rapid test.

ActuaViz —  Engineering Manager — Oct. 2020 ~ Aug. 2021 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Joined as Software Architect, promoted to Engineering Manager on December 2020.
  • Development
    • Deployed actuarial computing modules on Serverless infrastructure based on Docker.
    • Handled asynchronous progress by using queue-based task management flow.
    • Designed and implemented new collaboration flow to ensure code reliability and maintainability, including technical documentation, product feature specification document.
  • Team Management
    • Managed 5 Software Engineers.
    • Built software engineering culture such as code review rule, coworker communication flow.
    • Announced new project management flows to reduce communication cost.

Miso Technologies —  Software Engineer — Feb. 2020 ~ Sep. 2020 — San Francisco, CA

  • Implemented chunking file based on its binary size on Front-end.
  • Front-end development on Nuxt.js.
    • Used Vuex to handling across-component actions.
    • Encapsulated Axios for better maintaining and accessing.
    • Implemented reusable components by using Tachyons and Bulma.
    • Discussed with product manager and designer regarding building MVP which includes Customer Dashboard, Product Onboarding pages, and its flow.

Airloft — Software Engineering Consultant — Dec. 2019 ~ Apr. 2021 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Code Optimization and Refactoring
    • Designed and Implemented features/code architecture on Koa.js.
    • Refactored most of the slow SQL queries, multi-dimensional loops to avoid unnecessary process usage that effect application loading.
    • Dockerized application and deployed on AWS ECS with ELB for better scalability.
    • Migrated static storage to AWS S3 and enabled CloudFront for fast access globally.
    • Reduced loading time by 17x through code refactoring.
  • Team Management
    • Implemented Agile development flow, used Redmine to track project schedules.

MyProGuide — Lead Software Engineer — Feb. 2019 ~ Oct. 2019 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Development
    • Built RESTful APIs on Koa.js with MySQL and existing Elastic Search.
    • Implemented Micro-service-Mapping-Module to manage Micro-service endpoints. 
    • Implemented CD pipeline to deploy projects to Amazon S3 by using Gitlab CD. 
  • Code Optimization and Refactoring
    • Optimized SQL Queries, saving $300 USD per month.
    • Refactored legacy RESTful API, making the loading time 25x faster.  
    • Redesigned software architecture to saving maintenance cost.
  • Team Management
    • Lead a Front-end Engineer Intern to built a new e-commerce product by using Nuxt.js. 
    • Integrated code review flow to make sure code quality and scalability.

WeMo Scooter — Senior Software Engineer — Jan. 2018 ~ Nov. 2018 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Development
    • Responded for backend development, mainly focused on Scooter maintenance platform APIs. Handled 3000+ IoT-enabled scooters, and 10000+ daily active users.
    • Used TypeORM and Sequelize to implement SQL querying, schema management, and migration. (MSSQL and PostgreSQL) 
    • Implemented a Token-based application using Redis. (Middleware and Permission control) 
    • Reformatted data for data analysis purposes by Big Query API.
    • Query parking lots in a certain area by using the PostgreSQL PostGIS statements. 
    • Designed and Implemented internal scooter maintenance systems. (Development and cross-team feature confirmation)
    • Implemented periodical application by using Crontab.
  • Project Optimization
    • Migrated applications from AWS to GCP to reduce latency.
    • Dockerized certain projects and deployed them on Google Compute Engine (Self-hosted Docker Container).
  • Self-motivation / Side project
    • Built a PWA version WeMo App in 2 days, which covered 70% of functionalities.

Mochai, Inc. — CTO, Startup Project — Aug. 2017 ~ Jan. 2018 — San Francisco, Taipei

  • Data integration with Machine Learning API. 
  • Implemented account role-based middleware for each API endpoint. 
  • Implemented data charts using Chart.js. 
  • Implemented MVP stage Single-Page-Application using Vue.js. 
  • Implemented user and data analysis by collecting user events. 
  • Stored data in MongoDB and used Mongoose to make queries and manage schema using Node.js. 
  • Conducted Local Market Research in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Internships

Bonio Inc. — Software Engineering Intern — Jul. 2015 ~ Sep. 2015 — Taipei, Taiwan

  • Implemented back-end with Ruby on rails. 
  • Implemented front-end with Angular.js.

Education

National Taiwan University, Computer Science, 2021 ~ 2022 

  • Activities and Societies: MineNTU, NTU GSA.

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National Taiwan University, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Program, 2021 ~ 2022

  • Admitted to 2 Accelerators and an Incubator hosted by NTU TEC. 
  • Became mentor to New Taipei City Government Startup Organization. (InnoSquare)
  • Received Top Tier ranked in 1st semester.
  • GPA: 4.12

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University of London, Computer Science, 2020

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Courses

Y Combinator Startup School 2016 — Cupertino, CA.

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Skills

Front-end

Vue.js

Nuxt.js (SPA/SSR)

Back-end

Laravel

Koa.js

Express.js

DevOps

Self-hosted Docker

Amazon ECS/GKE

Caddy/Nginx/Azure Front Door/Amazon ELB

Programming Language

Javascript (4.5 Years)

PHP (Laravel)


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