Henry Tao
Staff Developer at Shopify
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHenry Tao is a Staff Developer with 12 years of experience building mobile-first, full-stack products, currently driving platform and developer experience work at Shopify. He specializes in Android engineering and cross-platform mobile (React Native), with deep expertise in modern Android architecture, Rx patterns, and NodeJS backends. Henry has a strong open-source footprint—his Android libraries have thousands of stars and he contributed to high-profile projects like COVID Shield and Canada’s COVID Alert app improving accessibility, Bluetooth and notification flows. He pairs product-minded engineering with infrastructure experience (GCE, CI/CD, Redis, Mongo) to ship reliable, scalable apps and developer tools. A former Google Developer Expert in Android who has also co-founded startups and led engineering teams, he blends entrepreneurial initiative with proven large-company execution. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who prefers shipping high-quality UX-driven solutions and tackling tricky platform-edge issues.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
IT Engineer, Information Systems, 8.18, IT Engineer, Information Systems, 8.18 at University of Information Technology - Vietnam National University - HCM City
English, Vietnamese
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Github Skills (35)
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
mobile-development10
rspec10
bluetooth-le10
rails10
shopify-cli10
ruby10
front-end-development10
android10
bluetooth10
webextension10
exposure-notification10
ruby-on-rails10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CovidShield/mobile
May 2020 - Aug 2020
React Native client application for COVID Shield on iOS and Android
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)
Mobile Developer (Android/iOS)Contributions:215 commits, 169 PRs, 196 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Henry primarily worked on the React Native client application for COVID Shield. Their contributions included removing language options in test menus, updating translations for multiple languages, fixing accessibility labels for icons, and addressing issues with the BottomSheet component. Furthermore, the user made code modifications that related to sharing and managing push notifications and handled Bluetooth state. The commits demonstrate a focus on UI/UX, accessibility, and cross-platform mobile application development.
reactreact-nativeandroidiosshield
cds-snc/covid-alert-app
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
Exposure notification client application / Application client de notification d'exposition
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:195 commits, 92 PRs, 134 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Henry focused on addressing Android-specific issues within the application. Their contributions primarily involved fixing Bluetooth-related problems, resolving issues with the EN bridge on Android, and ensuring the correct handling of location services. Additionally, the user implemented code to process pending exposure summaries, addressing potential timing issues with the Android Exposure Notification framework. Furthermore, the user fixed linting errors and improved the notification system's functioning.
exposure-notificationnotificationsnotificationexposureexposition
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