About

Derrick Chie is a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb with over 7 years of relevant experience. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Business Information Management from the University of California, Irvine, where he also pursued a minor in Philosophy. At Airbnb, Derrick has held multiple roles, including Software Engineer and his current position as Senior Software Engineer. He has co-led the user signals/cohorts platform, which provides real-time, daily batched, and backfilled user signals and user cohorts calculations. Derrick has also coordinated several Search-organization wide migrations, such as Shared Development Environment, Kubernetes, and Mussel, which have optimized the development experience. He has migrated the Autocomplete service to Kubernetes to enhance the overall development experience. Derrick has launched several key search experience features, such as the Map Toggle, which lifted global homes bookings by 0.47%. Before joining Airbnb, Derrick worked as a Full Stack Software Engineer at hiQ Labs, where he orchestrated Rancher/Jenkins build and data deployment of the flagship product. He implemented multiple full-stack features using Django backend and React/Redux frontend, such as roles/permissions, file transfer, profiles, and more. Derrick also integrated an array of third-party services such as Amazon S3, Mixpanel, Google Analytics, and JIRA. Derrick is highly skilled in a variety of technologies, including Software Engineering, Kubernetes, Search, Django, Jenkins, Redux, Frontend, and Backend. He is a dedicated team player who enjoys collaborating with others to solve complex problems. Derrick is committed to delivering high-quality results and is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge. Overall, Derrick is a highly accomplished Senior Software Engineer with a proven track record of success in designing and developing complex software applications. He is an asset to any organization and is always eager to take on new challenges and opportunities.