I'm Kelly Chen, a software engineer who likes turning messy ideas, workflows, and access gaps into organized systems people can actually use.

I currently work at Bloomberg - Fixed Income Private Securities in New York. Outside of work, I build product experiments across fintech, AI-assisted workflows, early-career opportunity systems, and community access.

🛠️ I am currently building and testing:

• BeamCash - accountless QR checkout for sellers, vendors, performers, nonprofits, and donation groups.
• WebPilot - an AI website operations platform for making recommendations reviewable, evidence-backed, and implementation-ready.
• WriteGuard - a TypeScript reliability layer for AI-agent workflows that perform consequential external writes.
• ApplyFirst - an early-access opportunity system for students tracking programs, fellowships, scholarships, and career-launch resources.
• Tandem - a validation-first NYC dating experiment around complementary ambition and future direction.
• SkanPay - QR payment and redemption concepts for local commerce.

🎤 I also speak and write about:

• Career leverage for emerging engineers.
• Conference strategy, opportunity access, and student resource systems.
• Building practical MVPs that turn scattered friction into testable products.
• Women-in-tech community building and early-career support.

✨ Community has shaped a lot of my work. I have been involved with Rewriting the Code, Girls Who Code, CodePath, Major League Hacking, AnitaB.org, NCWIT, and other technical communities.

🚀 Follow along if you care about technical systems, fintech ideas, AI workflow tooling, student opportunity access, or building useful things from real-life friction.

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