Andrew Chou
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Andrew Chou

Software Engineer in New York, New York, He/Him/His

just buzzing around

2 years ago

About

🌐 Open web enthusiast that loves to build tech considerately
🗺 Geospatial nerd and map-lover
🗽 Lives in NYC. Reach out to (maybe) meet non-virtually!

Contact

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Work Experience

2022 — Now
Remote

Part-time work building features and fixing bugs for a social network that works off the grid

2021 — Now
Remote

Building digital tools to help marginalized communities around the world defend their environmental and humanitarian rights. Primarily focused on Mapeo, an offline-first mapping toolset that allows communities to collect and share data about their territories.

2020 — 2021
Remote

Worked on the frontend team of three people building out customer-facing and internal financial web applications. Spent the majority of my efforts building the business banking account product, which contributed significantly to a Series B.

2020 — 2020
Remote

Led user interface development of a knowledge sharing tool that lives in your web browser. Developed product features using React and Chrome extension APIs. Closely collaborated with co-founder/lead designer on app design and user stories using Figma.

2019 — 2020
Software Engineer at Consider
Boston, MA

Humanizing work – starting with email for companies. Built new product features and fixed old ones across our web, desktop, and mobile apps. Also worked on bootstrapping and maintaining Consider's desktop and Android apps.

2018 — 2019
Boston, MA

Participated in Wayfair Labs - the company's two-month onboarding program for new hires. Was then placed on the Storefront B2B team, working on bugs and application maintenance with React and PHP.

Left after two months to pursue a different opportunity that came along.

2018 — 2018
Washington, DC

Selected as one of thirty-six fellows for the Coding it Forward program, doing software development for the Center for Disclosure Avoidance Research within the U.S. Census Bureau.

Built an analytics dashboard in Python as an internal tool for the American Community Survey.

2018 — 2018
Python Instructor at Kiwi Compute
Austin, TX

Taught 10 elementary and middle school children the basics of computer programming using Python.

2018 — 2018
Austin, TX

Worked with 20 elementary and middle school children to teach them about basic web development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

2017 — 2017
Austin, TX

Programmed Bash scripts to automate Linux server processes and file management; increased efficiency and transparency of file deletion process by providing a command-line interface.

Oversaw system administration, evaluated transportation visualization software, and researched data storage solutions for the Network Modeling Center.

2017 — 2017
Remote

Contributed to the Malaria Elimination campaign, a Missing Maps project which aims to provide geospatial data of lesser-known parts of the world.

Mapped approximately 2,500 buildings and performed data validation on satellite imagery of Southeast Asia using OpenStreetMap software (JOSM).

2017 — 2017
Chicago, IL

Gathered and validated U.S. higher education data for an edtech startup that consolidates resources and streamlines the college application process.

Compiled competitive analysis reports on relevant companies and products in the edtech field.

Projects

Ongoing

Offline-first mapping toolset that allows frontline-defenders to document and share data about their territories

2020

Knowledge sharing tool in the form of a browser extension. Led frontend development for a short period of time. Built using React and the Chrome extension API, alongside the co-founder and lead designer

Education

2015 — 2018
Austin, TX

Also took significant coursework in geography/GIS. They didn't have an official minor, so let's call it my unofficial minor 😄

Volunteering

2016 — 2018
Austin, TX

Collaborated with members of Data for Democracy to build frontend for a social awareness project related to Facebook data exposure

2017 — 2017
Austin, TX

Mentored elementary school children in East Austin to promote technology and computer programming education in underprivileged communities.