Hello, I'm Calvin Chan 👋

About Me

I'd describe myself as a product guy, I like building user&customer-facing products. I started my career in 2013 as a mobile app developer, and over the years, I expanded my expertise to frontend, backend, and eventually distributed systems — growing from early-stage startups to FAANG.

Throughout the years, I've grown from a junior individual contributor into a tech lead, taking on responsibilities that span across teams and domains. I take technical ownership of product areas, working closely with stakeholders and customers to explore business opportunities, shape product roadmaps, architect systems, define GTM strategies, and lead+coach engineers from end-to-end execution to deliver impact to millions of businesses and billions of end-users across the globe (thanks Meta and eBay 😘)

I believe in the motto “we are only 1% finished” - it means there is always room for improvement, whether on product side or infrastructure's. Also, "nothing is someone else’s problem" - not only pointing out what a problem is, but also proposing how we should tackle and improve it.