About

Allen Wan

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A full-stack feature engineer experienced in LLM personalization and search.

Based in the SF Bay Area. Fascinated with distilling complexity into sharp, delightful user experiences.

I also love games, both from a game design perspective and as a player.

Experience

2025 – now
Senior Software Engineer · Google – AI Personalization
LLM personalization: memory, multi-turn, and personal context, across all AI Mode and AI Overview queries.
2021 – 2025
Software Engineer III · Google – Shopping Search Features
Full-stack web development: refinements, result quality, and page layout.
2019 – 2021
Software Engineer II · Google – Shopping Mobile App
Full-stack iOS development: built the Shopping mobile app from the ground up.
2018
Software Engineer Intern · Facebook – Monetization
Full-stack iOS development: created an augmented reality ad format with try-on features live within the Facebook feed.
2018
Software Engineer Intern · Google – User Feedback
Full-stack web development: created tools to automate and organize user feedback data across Google products.
2017
Software Engineer Intern · Apple – AppleCare
Full-stack web development: built tools that cut day-long employee workflows to minutes.
2016
Software Engineer Intern · Acenda
Full-stack web development: e-commerce website templating and building rich shopping features.

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