Chia-lun Wu
Co-Founder & CTO at Hera (YC S25)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChia-lun Wu is a seasoned software engineer and startup CTO with 12 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems from the ground up. As Co‑Founder and CTO of Hera (YC S25) and an early engineering hire at Flagright, he has architected high-performance transaction monitoring and backend platforms that handle millions of monthly transactions. He combines full‑stack expertise—microservices, data pipelines, and high‑performance SPAs—with hands‑on product delivery and technical hiring/leadership. His background includes shipping foundational infrastructure for a digital freight forwarder, leading core data tooling at Alloy, and building a cloud-native animation platform at Vyond. Academically grounded with a Master’s in Computer Science from National Taiwan University, he also has early research experience applying computational analysis in bioinformatics. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who prefers pragmatic, reliable designs and enjoys turning complex domain requirements into simple, maintainable systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at National Taiwan University
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (144)
pip10
python-development10
virtualenv10
packaging10
sdk9
api9
api-client9
debounce9
python9
facebook9
appointment9
aws9
esdoc9
pipfile9
typescript9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JustForTestingReally/Test1
Dec 2018 - Mar 2024
Contributions:11 releases, 51 PRs, 51 pushes in 5 years 4 months
chialunwu/berlin-termin-bot
Apr 2024 - Aug 2024
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Contributions:10 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 3 months
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