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.