Kai Liao
Software Engineer II at Uber
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKai Liao is a Software Engineer II with 13 years of engineering experience, currently working on marketplace delivery matching at Uber in the New York City area. He has rotated across mapping, routing, and traffic systems as well as delivery marketplace challenges, combining real-time systems and algorithmic routing expertise. Kai’s background blends a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics from NYU with research experience in offline reinforcement learning at NYU’s CILVR lab, giving him a strong foundation in both theory and production ML systems. He has interned at large tech firms including eBay, Huawei, and contributed to seller experience and routing projects that intersect product and infrastructure. Colleagues describe him as someone who approaches engineering with a philosophical bent—concise, methodical, and curious—reflecting his personal motto “existence precedes essence.” He excels at turning complex matching and routing problems into scalable, maintainable services that move quickly from prototype to production.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School International Department AP Curriculum, High School International Department AP Curriculum at The Affiliated High School of South China Normal UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science & Mathematics (Double Major), Bachelor of Arts - BA Computer Science & Mathematics (Double Major) at New York University
Github Skills (17)
rootfs10
editor9
electron9
typescript9
docker9
openwrt9
visual-studio8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
visual-studio-code8
microsoft8
pipe7
socket-io4
async4
nodejs4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
q3boy/qws
May 2013 - Apr 2015
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
web-socketssocket-iojavascriptsocketswebsocket
q3boy/justlog
Nov 2012 - Feb 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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