Marcus Tan Chi Yau

Software Engineer

Selangor, Malaysia

About

Full Stack Developer / AI Engineer / Web3 Enthusiast with a BSc in Computer Science (AI & Cybersecurity) from Taylor's University. Passionate about building useful applications, particularly AI-powered tools and decentralized apps (dApps).

Experience

Tech Generalist Intern

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

ALPHV Technologies

  • • Delivered automation framework prototype for document processing
  • • Researched implementation of secure, in-house LLM
  • • Maintained Jobs By Developer Kaki website

Math Tuition Teacher

Mar 2024 - Mar 2025

A+ Home Tuition Malaysia

  • • Personalized SPM mathematics tutoring

Education

BSc Computer Science

2022 - 2025

AI & Cybersecurity

Taylor's University

CGPA: 3.83

Foundation in Computer Science

2021 - 2022

Taylor's College

CGPA: 3.93

Hackathon Wins

19

victories

30+ awards total

EventProjectAwards
Cursor × Anthropic Hackathon 2025Koyak Kombat
1st (Best Indie Hacker)Finalist
BUIDL Asia Seoul 2025CureMeBaby
Champion1st (Gensyn)2nd (Nethermind)
Token2049 Singapore 2025LeftAI
1st (Celo)Top 5 Finalist
ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025Dhal Way
1st (Flow)1st (Hedera)
ETHTokyo 2025Toku Kaigan
1st (AI Track)Finalist
DevQuest 2025Kwek Kwek
Champion (Overall)
ImagineHack 2025Tea Time
Champion (Overall)
ETHGlobal Agentic 20254AI 1Human
1st (Flow - Best AI Agent)
ETHGlobal Online 2025Pet Pet
1st (BlockScout)
Devmatch 2025Grand Warden
1st (Oasis)Finalist (SUI)
ETHGlobal Taipei 2025MemestCutestPlatform
2nd (1inch)Winner (Celo)
Consensus HK 2025Grand Theft Aptos
3rd (Aptos)
Forte Hacks 2025Dhal Way
3rd (Best Existing Codebase)
AKINDO Moca NetworkCredo Protocol
1st Place
SuperteamMY 2025LockedIn
Top 10 Finalist
ETHKL 2024JustETH
Top 52nd (ICP)Winner (ORA)
Devmatch 2024Fundify
2nd (Maschain)
Alha Alfa CosmeticsAI Model
2nd (AI Model)
Hilti IT Competition 2024—
Semi-Finalist

Featured Projects

Get in Touch

Interested in collaborating or just want to say hi?

marcus.tanchiyau@gmail.com