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Chase Phung

Hi, I'm Chase, Software Engineer

Pursuing a career in software engineering and studying computer science at UC Irvine. I have experience across full-stack web and mobile development, databases and cloud, and building AI pipelines. I am passionate about designing systems, tackling hard problems, and shipping projects that solve real-world needs.

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Chase Phung

Education

University of California, IrvineB.S. Computer Science · 3.84 GPA · Class of 2029

Extracurriculars

  • Director of External Affairs, Sigma Eta Pi: UCI's entrepreneurship fraternity · Jun 2026 – Present
  • Learning Assistant, ICS 6B: Boolean Logic & Discrete Structures · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
  • Jazz Orchestra, UC Irvine · Sep 2025 - Jun 2026

Experience

Ease, Inc.
Ease IQ team · Irvine, CA
Jun 2026 – Present

Software Engineer Intern

  • Re-architected a 3-camera label-verification pipeline into a detection-triggered OCR system, cutting compute time by roughly 80%.
  • Shipped a fully audited, multi-tenant user-impersonation system with defense-in-depth authorization.
  • Fine-tuned a YOLO11 model to catch PPE non-conformance: 19% fewer false positives, +13% mAP50-95.
PythonReactNext.jsPostgreSQLDrizzle

Startups

Pelennor

An offline-first incident management platform for volunteer fire departments: a sync engine with conflict resolution, multi-tenant auth, and a voice-to-report pipeline that turns firefighter memos into NERIS-ready records.

FastAPIReact NativeElevenLabsGemini

Hackathons

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DownStream

Won Best AI for Environmental Impact

Real-time chemical-spill propagation simulator for the Mississippi River, delivering cost and mitigation insights for emergency managers. Built at UCI AWS Cloud Hacks 2026.

Property Risk Intelligence

OCR-based document analysis that spots inconsistencies across tax, title, and financial documents in property underwriting. Built at IrvineHacks 2026.