Pin-Yang Chen

Address: 72 Argonaut Drive, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Phone: +1-919-685-2936

Email: pin-yang.chen@duke.edu

Website: www.chenpinyangdev.com

EDUCATION

• Duke University, North Carolina, USA

  • Master of Engineering in Financial Technology, Aug. 2024 – Present
  • Concentration: innovative Blockchain solutions, programming in fintech

• National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Chiayi, Taiwan

  • Bachelor of Science in Management Information System, Sep. 2020 – Jun. 2024
  • Interdisciplinary Course Programs certifications in Department of Computer Science and Department of Accounting

SKILLS

• Programming: Solidity, C, C#, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Framework: Hardhat, Node.js, Next.js, Vercel, Web3.js, Prisma, RESTful API, Linux, PlanetScale, Neat.py

EXPERIENCE

• Blockchain Engineer Intern, Isuncloud (Sep. 2023 – Apr. 2024)

  • Designed and implemented NFT report management system: Created a standardized interface (ERC-7593) for managing NFTs representing reports, ensuring each report is technically distinct and compliant with ERC-721 for cross-platform interoperability.
  • Security and compliance: Integrated additional security measures to prevent unauthorized access and modifications, maintaining high standards of data integrity across platforms.
  • Enhance efficiency: Controlled the data structure to reduce Blockchain gas fees (34% of deployment gas fee, 60% of transaction fee), saving 2 hours for system deployment on Sepolia testnet.
  • ERC-7593: https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/erc-7593-nft-synthetic-evidence/17986

• Blockchain Researcher Intern, SkyTrade (Aug. 2024 – Nov. 2024)

  • Researched and implemented Solana multi-signature wallets for asset security and transaction management
  • Developed solutions for fractionalizing Metaplex cNFTs using SPL tokens.
  • Integrated microfrontend architecture using Single-SPA and @micro-zoe/micro-app to streamline Next.js applications.

PROJECTS

• Crypto Auditing System on Blockchain

  • Automated financial reporting: Developed a system on Blockchain that processes multiple transaction types, such as currency exchange and transfers, allowing users to input transaction data and specify a time range for generating financial reports on distributed ledger.
  • Smart contract development: Implemented robust attack prevention code and optimized the deployment process, reducing the original smart contract system deployment time by 80%.
  • Dynamic API generation: Designed the system to instantly generate and provide Restful APIs based on user requests for specific reports, enhancing accessibility and efficiency.
  • Implemented unit testing, automated testing, and registry pattern: Ensured system reliability and maintainability through rigorous testing and design patterns, utilizing 300 test cases to safe customers' cryptocurrency.

• Personal Full-Stack Website

  • Content creation: Developed a blog website www.chenpinyangdev.com to share insights on Ethereum, philosophy, and software tutorials that achieved a 1062% increase in reach within 7 days.
  • Frontend development: Built the website using Next.js 14, ensuring a seamless user experience by retrieving data from backend APIs, designing responsive web design (RWD), and creating CSS animations.
  • Backend development: Implemented the backend using Node.js to generate APIs, utilized Prisma's SQLite for the database, and employed GitHub CI/CD workflows for continuous monitoring.

• LedgerVest – Decentralized Fundraising Platform

  • Built a blockchain-based platform that enables startups to raise funds transparently and empowers investors to track fund usage through smart contract logic and on-chain governance.
  • Implemented a milestone-based funding mechanism where investors vote on fund releases, reducing the risk of fund misuse and increasing trust between parties.
  • Designed investor dashboards to monitor project progress, returns, and repayment status, ensuring transparency in every step of the fundraising process.
  • Led the development of core campaign features including project creation, investment, repayment, and investor protection through collateral and refund logic.
  • LedgerVest: https://ledgervest.colab.duke.edu/

VOLUNTEERING

• Ethereum Official Document Translator (Sep. 2023 – Present)

  • Translate Ethereum official documents to make Ethereum more visible to the worldwide public.
  • Enhance personal knowledge of Ethereum and Blockchain to achieve more accurate translations.