Hung Dao is an experienced engineering leader based in San Francisco with 12+ years delivering scalable products across search, backend, web, mobile, and ML domains. He has repeatedly grown small cross-functional teams into high-performing units—driving promotions, improving velocity, and owning technically complex initiatives like search ranking, server-driven UI, and large-scale indexing. His background spans startups to enterprises (Hoodline→Nextdoor→Groupon→Toku→Linktree), combining hands-on implementation with product partnership to drive revenue and experimentation. Skilled at bridging analytics and engineering, he prioritizes metrics-driven decision making and compliance-sensitive systems such as payroll/EOR tax engines. He also brings an entrepreneurial mindset from cofounding a web comics platform and a track record of shipping end-to-end features across platforms. Known for coaching, de-risking delivery, and fostering knowledge sharing, he turns ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Information System Information Technology, Bachelor's Degree Information System Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Master's Programme Service Design and Engineering, Master's Programme Service Design and Engineering at Aalto University
Tran Dai Nghia High School for the gifted
Information Technology, Information Technology at Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Benchmarking to choose the fastest json library for jruby.
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