Chuck Chen — Frontend Engineer & Photographer, Tokyo

I build thoughtfulthings, and chasegood light.

A frontend engineer with seven years in Shanghai, now based in Tokyo. I’ve built developer and AI platforms at ByteDance and Alibaba — and I write in three languages and shoot whenever the light is good.

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About

A frontend engineer drawn to hard problems — performance, algorithms, and the platforms other engineers build on.

Seven years building software in Shanghai — most recently as a frontend expert at Alibaba, and before that a frontend engineer at ByteDance, where I worked across big-data, cloud-native, and AI platforms: from an AI-agent builder to large-model training and inference. I care about fast, well-crafted interfaces and clean abstractions. Now I’m based in Tokyo — writing in three languages and photographing whenever the light is good.

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Years building
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Languages
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Photos kept
Education
Double Bachelor's, East China University of Science & Technology · exchange studies in Germany
Based in
Tokyo — previously Shanghai (7 years)
Languages
中文 · English · 日本語
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Experience

2025
Frontend Engineering Expert
Alibaba Group · Shanghai
Frontend architecture and performance for enterprise-scale platforms.
2022 — 2025
Frontend Engineer
ByteDance · Shanghai
Built developer and AI platforms — big-data, cloud-native, an AI-agent builder, AI applications, and large-model training & inference. Focused on performance and algorithms.
2018 — 2022
Full-Stack Engineer
Earlier roles · Shanghai
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03 — Philosophy

Build like a craftsman, ship like a pragmatist, and never stop looking at the light.

06 — Contact

Let’s make something.

chuck.chen@example.com
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