Alden Hu
Senior Software Engineer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Singapore
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Top SchoolAlden Hu is a Senior Software Engineer based in Singapore with 7 years of experience designing and delivering robust systems across banking, government, and startup environments. He has led teams and task forces through tight turnovers, balancing hands-on development, architecture decisions, and coaching to raise team standards. At OCBC he owned the employee portal architecture and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch he continues to drive production-grade solutions for complex domains. He contributes to open-source blockchain infrastructure—working on Aptos Core storage and state-store improvements—demonstrating comfort with low-level, storage-oriented engineering. Meticulous and future-focused, Alden prioritizes maintainability and scalability while actively learning new technologies that directly impact his projects. He is skilled at managing stakeholder expectations and translating constraints into practical, auditable solutions.
7 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation at Digipen Institute of Technology
Github Skills (4)
blockchain10
rust10
storage10
database-management9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
aptos-labs/aptos-core
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 2490 reviews, 274 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Alden contributed to the Aptos Core repository, a Layer 1 blockchain, focusing on storage-related improvements. The commits involve removing unused configurations and APIs related to storage and database writer functionalities. Furthermore, the user implemented changes to incorporate database size information in state store and database compaction process.
blockchain-platformblockchainuser-experienceblockchain-networksmart-contracts
msmouse/diem
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.
Contributions:1044 pushes, 500 branches in 2 years 8 months
financialreactjavascriptinfrastructurecurrency
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