Chao-yang Lo
Software Engineer at Snowflake
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChao-yang Lo is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently building data platform features at Snowflake from his base in Seattle. He brings strong systems and C++ roots—having developed real-time CNC simulation and CAD integrations at ModuleWorks—and has since shifted to large-scale cloud data engineering. His background includes MS degrees from RWTH Aachen and Columbia and hands-on teaching of Big Data Analytics and NoSQL at Columbia, reflecting both theory and practical pedagogy. Early trading-tech exposure at Akuna Capital sharpened his performance-minded coding, while his terse GitHub bio hinting "Why would you do that?" suggests a pragmatic, curiosity-driven approach to engineering trade-offs. Colleagues can expect a blend of low-level precision and cloud-scale product focus, with an appetite for tackling tricky integration problems.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Exchange Program, Engineering, Exchange Program, Engineering at Osaka UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New YorkMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
English, Japanese, Chinese, German
Stackoverflow
31reputation
912reached
2answers
0questions
Github Skills (8)
algorithm10
data-structures10
gitbook10
algorithms10
data-structure10
lintcode10
hashtable6
cpp1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CrossLuna/algorithm-exercise
Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:111 pushes in 1 year 3 months
leetcodeleetcode-solutionsdata-structure-and-algorithmlintcodedata-structures
CrossLuna/leetcode_note
Aug 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:133 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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