Jack Chou Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Backend engineer for NerdWallet, on a mission to provide clarity for all of life’s financial decisions.> EFFECTIVE: Proven track record of delivering high-quality software and displaying strong leadership qualities> HIGH-LEVERAGE: Collaborated on multiple teams and contributed to various new codebases and new platforms throughout my tenure, playing a crucial early role in building out and maintaining a variety of key backend platforms, libraries, and APIs that will continue to power NerdWallet's personal finance management features for both native and web applications for years to come> VERSATILE: Created, integrated, and maintained financial data linkage and credit report integration systems with various disparate third-party APIs> RESOURCEFUL: Designed and implemented a highly personalized financial insights engine that leverages user-linked financial data to generate tailored insights on cash flow, budgeting, bills, and net worth tracking> PROACTIVE: Spearheaded stability metrics and service level objectives—with accompanying dashboards and monitors—for multiple teams> STRATEGIC: Championed an effort to replace our technical phone screen interview with an asynchronous coding exercise, significantly improving nearly every single downstream hiring funnel metric, and saving—and continuing to save—countless hours for candidates, engineers, and recruiters alikeWe provide consumers with expert, personalized, and actionable guidance across a range of personal finance topics. Whether you’re shopping for a new credit card or mortgage, hoping to refinance a student loan, interested in learning more about investing, or just want to stay on top of your money, we do the homework for you, simplifying complex ideas so you have the information and tools you need to make the right decision for you.

San Francisco, California, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

> Lead a team of 8 to design, audit, and enforce security operations and policy for a network of 10,000 people and 14,000 machines.> Work directly with UC Berkeley’s Chief Security Officer and other student leads to build a sense of teamwork and cooperation throughout SA-IT.> Act as the primary liaison between Student Affairs IT and central campus security.> Manage security projects and structured training programs for all roles on the security team.> Regularly monitor ongoing projects and provide support, guidance, and resources as necessary.> Collaborate with other teams to establish and enforce security baselines and expectations.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

> Resolve and investigate network security incidents to protect restricted hosts and data.> Spearhead development for internal tools and web/mobile applications projects focused on security.> Proactively and regularly scan hosts connected to the UC Berkeley network for vulnerabilities.> Train and educate employees and students by holding workshops on security-related topics.> Perform host and code audits to minimize system and application vulnerabilities across campus.

Berkeley, Ca, Us

> Provided network, software, and hardware support for over 8,000 UC Berkeley residents.> Regularly encountered old and new types of malware on client machines, and helped to develop an appropriate response plan for each.

Foster City, California, Us

> Architect a network security zoning framework across Visa’s global enterprise infrastructure.> Execute a proof of concept for seamless and robust virtualized infrastructure encryption.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering And Computer Sciences

Highest Honors Diploma, California Scholarship Federation