Charles Li
Cofounder at The Hungry Lab
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Li is a seasoned software leader and cofounder with 13 years of experience building fintech infrastructure and platform businesses from the ground up. As cofounder of Kovo, he’s focused on bridging consumers and the financial ecosystem, drawing on deep systems and backend expertise honed as Plaid’s second hire and Head Architect. His background spans hands-on engineering and technical leadership roles—from shipping XAML controls on Windows at Microsoft to scaling Plaid’s backend teams—so he blends product-facing architecture with operational delivery. Based in San Francisco and Harvard-trained in computer science, he pairs startup grit with institutional engineering discipline and a knack for turning complex financial integrations into product opportunities.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
A.B. Computer Science, A.B. Computer Science at Harvard UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Ankeny High School
Github Skills (25)
plaid10
python-bindings8
golang8
api-client7
integrate7
unsafe7
api7
sanctuary7
gui-toolkit5
browser5
python5
javascript5
fantasy-land4
css4
user-interface4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
charleswli/wordgridsolver
Dec 2012 - Jan 2013
Contributions:12 commits in 20 days
charleswli/python-blackjack
Feb 2013 - Feb 2013
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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