Summary
Isaac Liu is a Senior Engineering Manager with 15 years of experience leading high-impact teams across consumer mobile, search, and recommendation systems. He built and scaled core discovery, feed, search, and ML ranking platforms for UberEats, started platform-level mobile initiatives for iOS and Android, and later led engineering efforts at Airbnb and Facebook. Trained as a Ph.D. in EECS from UC Berkeley, he blends deep systems and real-time architecture expertise with product-focused ML and mobile engineering. A former startup CTO and early Apple iOS performance engineer, he combines hands-on technical depth with proven team-building and operational experience. Based in Fremont, CA, he is a lifelong learner who repeatedly turns research-grade ideas into production systems that serve millions.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ph.D, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
Certificate, Management of Technology Program, Certificate, Management of Technology Program at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
B.S., Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara