Hi, I'm Chauncy.

Backend Software Engineer

I design, build, and improve scalable software systems.

Previously at JPMorgan Chase and VecnaCares. M.S. in Computer Science from Brandeis University.

Technologies and practices

Technical Skills

Languages

Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript, Ruby, HTML/CSS

Backend & Frameworks

Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Flask, React

Systems & APIs

Distributed Systems, Microservices, REST APIs, gRPC, Protobuf

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Linux

Databases & Cache

Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, BigQuery

Testing & Tools

Unit Testing, Integration Testing, JUnit, Maven, Gradle, CI/CD, Git, Kibana

Earlier personal and course work

Selected Projects

A selection of projects from my earlier work in web development and information retrieval.

Screenshot of Nano Twitter

Course project · Spring 2019

Nano Twitter

A Twitter-like web application with a React interface, REST APIs, Redis caching, and asynchronous work queues.

Ruby · React · MongoDB · Redis · RabbitMQ · Docker · AWS

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Screenshot of Movie Information Retrieval System

Earlier course project

Movie Information Retrieval System

A movie search application supporting term queries with a vector space model and a Flask interface.

Python · Elasticsearch · Flask · Scrapy

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Screenshot of Workout TeamUp

Course project · Fall 2018

Workout TeamUp

A social application for finding workout partners, organizing activities, and chatting with other participants.

Ruby on Rails · JavaScript · PostgreSQL

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Screenshot of Backside

Earlier personal project

Backside

A browser game built with HTML and JavaScript within a 13 KB size limit.

HTML · JavaScript · Kontra

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Get in touch

For engineering opportunities or a conversation about my work.

chauncyff@gmail.com