Andy Chen
About Andy Chen
Andy Chen serves as the Director of Engineering - Engineering Productivity at FreeWheel, where he has worked since 2014. He has extensive experience in engineering roles at companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Beyondsoft, and he leads a global team focused on enhancing engineering productivity.
Work at FreeWheel
Andy Chen has served as the Director of Engineering - Engineering Productivity at FreeWheel since 2014. In this role, he oversees a global engineering team that includes over 800 engineers, with 300 located in Beijing. His responsibilities encompass the management of Artifactory Enterprise, ensuring high availability clusters in AWS, and maintaining over 10 cache instances across global data centers and AWS regions. He leads initiatives in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), implementing Jenkins with EC2, Docker, and EKS slaves to enhance the infrastructure.
Previous Experience
Andy Chen has a diverse background in engineering and management, having held several key positions prior to his current role. He worked at Oracle as a Senior Manager in Test Automation from 2012 to 2014. Before that, he was with Yahoo! as a QE Manager from 2010 to 2012. His earlier experience includes roles as an SDET/Tech Lead at Microsoft from 2006 to 2010 and as an SDET Lead at Beyondsoft from 2003 to 2006. This extensive experience in various tech companies has contributed to his expertise in engineering productivity.
Education and Expertise
Andy Chen studied Computer Science at Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 1999 to 2003. His academic background laid the foundation for his career in engineering and technology. Over the years, he has developed significant expertise in areas such as test automation, CI/CD infrastructure, and system testing for complex SaaS products. His technical skills are complemented by his leadership abilities, as he leads the hiring, mentoring, and growth of the Engineering Productivity team at FreeWheel.
Achievements in Engineering Productivity
In his current role, Andy Chen has made substantial contributions to engineering productivity through the development of homegrown Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions and the implementation of continuous integration quality metrics reporting. He has established effective ETL processes and dashboards that enhance visibility into engineering performance. Additionally, he is responsible for end-to-end system testing for a large-scale SaaS product, focusing on continuous deployment and test automation, which are critical for maintaining high software quality.