David Liu
Software Engineer at Robinhood
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Liu is a software engineer at Robinhood with seven years of hands-on experience building full-stack and distributed systems, grounded in a Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo. His internship track includes fast-paced work at Tesla (multithreaded factory simulator for 4680 battery production) and contributions to Dagster Labs’ frontend—adding UX features like search and date-range pickers to a prominent open-source data orchestration project. Comfortable across backend, frontend, and orchestration platforms, he excels at shipping product-focused improvements in both startups and large engineering teams. A Canadian citizen eligible for TN status, he brings practical systems thinking combined with a curiosity for hard problems—evidenced by tackling Rubik’s cubes and physical challenges like backflips. Outside work he stays active through multiple sports and plans solo travel, signaling adaptability and a growth mindset.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, 9-12, IB Diploma, 9-12 at White Oaks Secondary SchoolInternational BaccalaureateBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (15)
uid10
typescript10
user-interface10
typescripts10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
interface-design10
react10
typescript-types10
graphql8
wpgraphql8
wordpress-graphql8
analytics7
data-engineering6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dagster-io/dagster
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:33 reviews, 59 PRs, 123 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Dagster UI. Their work involved implementing new UI components, such as a search bar and date range picker, and enhancing existing ones like the "Evaluate tick result" button. They focused on improving the user experience by adding features to the asset partitions and sensor/schedule evaluation result modals. The user also refactored the UI for sensor and schedule views and updated the design.
operationpythonobservationschedulermetadata
dliu27/dliu27
Mar 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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