Summary
David Wang is a results-driven engineering leader with over a decade of experience building mobile products and payments risk systems, currently serving as Head of Engineering, Payments Risk at Airbnb. He has progressed from hands-on Android engineering at MediaTek, Tencent, and Groupon to leading chargeback prevention, fraud detection, and dispute mitigation initiatives at scale. Known for merging mobile performance optimization and robust backend risk controls, he has reduced latency and improved user experience on high-traffic apps. Based in Seattle, he combines technical depth in Android and payment workflows with team-building experience across international organizations. An engineer at heart, he still draws on his mobile development roots to drive pragmatic, data-informed risk engineering decisions.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master, EE, Master, EE at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bachelor, EE, Bachelor, EE at Tianjin University
English, Chinese