Hello, I'm
Chen Caijie
Software Engineer @ The Trade Desk
Full-stack engineer with ~4 years building TTD's next-generation media buying platform (Kokai). Primary contributor across React/TypeScript frontend and C#/.NET backend, shipping features used daily by advertisers at scale.
Experience
The Trade Desk
Software Engineer II Aug 2022 – PresentPromoted Mid 2023 · Singapore
- ▸ Led full-stack implementation of the Creative Library Tile (Kokai), creating end-to-end functionality including backend REST API and complete React/TypeScript frontend with list views, bulk operations, search, and pagination.
- ▸ Spearheaded the Creative Troubleshooting System, a full-stack GraphQL solution that surfaced bid-blocking issues for advertisers, leading to a 20% reduction in manual customer support tickets.
- ▸ Engineered the Creative Assignment Workbench, significantly enhancing advertiser efficiency by reducing clicks for a typical assignment flow by 80%.
- ▸ Led development of Campaign Settings Snapshot with 2 junior engineers, providing shortcuts to quick campaign configuration options with 6,500+ daily clicks.
- ▸ Contributed to team growth by formally mentoring new hire and intern engineers on full-stack development best practices and platform architecture.
Shopee
Front-end Software Engineer Jul 2021 – Aug 2022Singapore
- ▸ Reduced average navigation task time by 50% by collaborating with designers to upgrade the site navigation UX on Shopee's internal landing page.
- ▸ Developed a no-code configuration tool for business operators, enabling quick customisation, scheduling, and configuration of campaign landing sites.
Earlier: Coord (New York City, 2019–2020), Trabble (Singapore, 2020)
National University of Singapore
B.Comp in Computer Science (Honours) · Distinction (4.43/5) 2021Skills
Languages
TypeScript C# Java Python Go SQL
Frontend
React GraphQL Tailwind CSS
Backend
.NET REST APIs SQL Server
Practices
System Design CI/CD Testing Agile