Fred Liu
Staff Software Engineer at Meta
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFred Liu is a Staff Software Engineer based in Menlo Park with a decade of experience building high-impact systems across consumer, finance, and government sectors. At Meta he drives Oculus work and previously led senior teams across Marketplace, Shops, and Ads, while mentoring engineers, teaching React, and holding a patent—demonstrating both technical depth and leadership. He brings a full-stack mindset spanning React/React Native, GraphQL/Relay, PHP/Hack, and SQL, and is an active open-source contributor to flagship projects like facebook/react-native where he implemented and optimized the SwipeableRow component. Earlier roles in capital markets, analytics, and startups show a pattern of delivering measurable operational improvements—from cutting workflow time and paper use to detecting power theft and speeding trader decision-making. Comfortable in both product and systems contexts, he blends hands-on coding with architecture, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Honours Mechatronics Engineering, Management Sciences Option with Distinction, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Honours Mechatronics Engineering, Management Sciences Option with Distinction at University of Waterloo
Chinese, French, English
Github Skills (15)
mobile10
uid10
javascript10
mobile-development10
react-native10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
animation10
interface-design9
user-interface9
macos8
app-framework7
ios6
android6
react6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/react-native
May 2016 - Jul 2019
A framework for building native applications using React
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:41 commits, 11 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Fred primarily contributed to the `SwipeableRow` component and its integration within `SwipeableListView`, focusing on the React Native framework. They implemented the core functionality of a swipeable row with features such as a bounce effect, and full-width styling. Their work also included optimizations to enhance the component's performance. Moreover, the user fixed several issues to prevent the component from bleeding.
reactnative-applicationsmobile-developmentreact-nativeandroid
facebook/relay
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Relay is a JavaScript framework for building data-driven React applications.
Contributions:3 commits in 9 months
data-drivenreactrelayreact-applicationsjavascript-framework
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