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Zhixian (Maggie) Chen

Senior Software Engineer

About Me

Maggie Chen Profile

Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat with 5+ years of experience developing cloud-native solutions. Currently working on ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) with hosted control planes using Golang. My expertise spans from full-stack development to Kubernetes cluster management and enterprise software solutions.

My journey includes progressive roles at Red Hat (Associate β†’ Engineer β†’ Senior Engineer), with prior experience at IBM and 407 ETR. I specialize in React, NodeJS, Python, and Golang, with deep knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, and automated testing frameworks.

Career Journey

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2013-2017 Bachelor's β€’ Ohio State
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2017-2019 Master's β€’ University of Toronto
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2018-2019 Configuration Analyst β€’ 407 ETR
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2019-2020 Software Developer β€’ IBM
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2020-Present Software Engineer β†’ Senior β€’ Red Hat

Technical Expertise

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Programming Languages

  • Golang (Current Focus)
  • JavaScript & React
  • Python & Django
  • Java Applications
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Cloud & Containers

  • Red Hat OpenShift (ROSA)
  • Kubernetes & HCP
  • Advanced Cluster Management
  • Container Orchestration
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Development & Testing

  • Full Stack Development
  • NodeJS & React Frontend
  • Cypress & Nightwatch Testing
  • Jenkins & CI/CD Pipelines
5+
Years at Red Hat
7+
Years Experience
50+
Projects Delivered
100%
Client Satisfaction
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Learning Mindset

Projects

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Local Weather Application

Get location of the user. Implemented JSON to restore data from weather APIS and interpret the data into graphic and text displays.

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Random Quote

As soon as the button "New Quote" is clicked, the web page will generate a new quote as well as the color scheme.

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Pilates Studio Finder

πŸ§˜β€β™€οΈ Global Pilates Studio Finder

A comprehensive web application to discover Pilates studios worldwide. Features location-based search, interactive mapping with Leaflet.js, detailed studio information, and responsive design. Built with modern JavaScript, CSS Grid/Flexbox, and integrated geolocation API.

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Todo List

Todo List

This Todo List helps one organize the upcoming/past events more efficiently. One can add new events as well as strikethrough passed/finished events.

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Color_Game_page_001

The Great RGB Color Game

Combined HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery to create a web game, which enhances one’s understanding of RGB colours. Identify and troubleshoot issues.

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Purrfect Match Startup Website

Utilized Bootstrap Framework and created a lovely startup website that is designed for cat rescue.

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Image Gallery

Using primarily HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript and the image source Unsplash and its APIs to create an Image Gallery, which will display different images when refresh the web page.

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Blog Structure

A simple and sleek blog structure which may be familiar to ones who have been through the 'blog age'.

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Photo blog 001

Photo Blog

A sleek display of black and white photos. Credit to photographers who took these masterpieces.

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Skills