Jian Hou
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorJian Hou is a Seattle-based startup builder, technologist, and investor with a decade of experience shipping scalable software and leading technical teams. As co-founder and CTO of Avary.ai since 2024, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product vision to bring ambitious AI-enabled platforms to market, while shaping cloud-native architectures and distributed systems. He also actively backs early-stage founders as a venture scout and investor with UpHonest Capital, Rescale, Suntisfy, and State Cashmere, bridging technical rigor with commercial insight. His background includes leadership roles at Coupang and Microsoft, where he worked on distributed services, Azure deployments, and backend systems, as well as earlier hands-on builds in Android and web development. Based in Seattle and educated in China (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Tsinghua University), Jian combines global tech immersion with local ecosystem engagement to turn bold ideas into durable products.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
compile7
abstract-syntax-tree7
telegram6
compile-time6
java6
static-analysis5
static-code-analysis2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CSYE6225/UnixSysProgramming
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:53 commits, 53 pushes in 1 month
telegram
RecruitDirect/recruitdirect-web
Mar 2024 - May 2024
Contributions:7 reviews, 8 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 months
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