Brian Cao is a software engineer based in Redmond with 11 years of hands-on experience and a background in computer science from the University of Washington. Now on the SDE team at Amazon after an earlier internship there, he combines production engineering with an entrepreneurial streak cultivated through Lavin Entrepreneurship and DubHacks NEXT. He’s built projects like Quikswitch and Amethyst and enjoys rapid prototyping at hackathons, translating ideas into shipped code. His mentoring and workshop roles at UW reflect a commitment to education and developer enablement alongside product work. Brian’s international exposure via BizChain Vietnam on GitHub hints at cross-cultural collaboration and blockchain-adjacent interests. He focuses on productivity and real-world impact, preferring pragmatic solutions that accelerate teams and learners.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of Washington
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