Wei Chen
Software engineer & tech writer based in Singapore. I'm passionate about systems programming, artificial intelligence, and building things that run on my own hardware.
Journey
2026 — Present
Senior Engineer — Fintech Startup, Singapore
Building low-latency trading infrastructure in Rust. Leading a small team focusing on event-driven architecture and real-time data pipelines.
2023 — 2025
Backend Engineer — GovTech Singapore
Worked on Smart Nation platform services — identity, payments, and data exchange APIs serving millions of residents.
2020 — 2023
Full-Stack Developer — Agency, Singapore
Built web applications for enterprise clients across ASEAN. Deep-dived into Node.js, React, and cloud-native architectures on AWS.
2020
B.Comp (Computer Science) — NUS
Graduated from the National University of Singapore with a focus on distributed systems and machine learning.
Skills & Interests
Rust & Systems
High-performance services, async runtimes, memory safety
Cloud & DevOps
Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines
AI / ML
LLM fine-tuning, embeddings, RAG architectures
Self-Hosting
Proxmox, Docker Compose, home networking, WireGuard
Web Platform
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Svelte, Tailwind
Databases
PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, SQLite
Connect
Find me on the internet — I'm always happy to chat about tech.