Daryl Lau
Principal Software Engineer at Indeed
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaryl Lau is a Principal Software Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience building scalable full‑stack and backend systems across startups and large companies. He progressed from C/C++ endpoint client work to Node.js and modern web stacks, leading engineering teams as Head of Engineering and now driving architecture and delivery at Indeed. Daryl has deep hands‑on experience with microservices, evented systems and data stores (RabbitMQ, Redis, Postgres, MongoDB) and has shipped production Node.js services and testing automation for widely used middleware like koa-body. He combines technical leadership with pragmatic engineering: mentoring teams, resolving tricky integration issues, and maintaining test suites to ensure compatibility across framework versions. Known for balancing delivery velocity with reliability, he often surfaces subtle usability fixes and example improvements that make libraries easier for adopters. He holds a B.A.Sc. in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara and thrives on turning messy legacy integrations into well-tested, maintainable platforms.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara
English, Chinese, French, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
nodejs10
javascript10
koa10
testing10
supertest9
test-automation9
middleware9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
koajs/koa-body
Jan 2014 - Sep 2022
koa body parser middleware
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:2 releases, 61 commits, 41 PRs in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Daryl primarily focused on maintaining and updating the test suite for the `koa-body` middleware. They updated tests for compatibility with koa2, resolving merge conflicts and ensuring proper functionality. Their contributions included adjustments to testing frameworks and configurations, and they also made changes to example code, demonstrating a good understanding of the library's usage and integration.
body-parserkoamiddleware
dlau/react-icon-rating
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
react component for simple web font backed ratings
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 9 months
react-component
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