Summary
Daniel Gih is a Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building high-impact consumer and creator-facing products, currently shaping Creator Analytics and clip editing tools at Twitch. He brings full-stack expertise across TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, React, GraphQL and AWS, and a strong background in real-time data pipelines (Airflow, Flink, Druid) and analytics. Previously he helped launch VRV’s mobile-first SPA at Crunchyroll and built realtime video hotspot and analytics systems at Grabit, demonstrating a blend of frontend polish and scalable backend architecture. A former mechanical engineer who pivoted through an intensive General Assembly immersive, he pairs rigorous engineering discipline with product-focused curiosity and mentoring experience. Notably, he’s comfortable owning systems end-to-end—from isomorphic server-rendering and checkout flows to streaming analytics and payout infrastructure—bringing a rare combination of hardware-rooted pragmatism and modern web-scale craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at General Assembly
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University
English, Shanghainese, Chinese