Summary
Kent Hsu is a senior software engineer based in Taipei with 10 years of experience building backend systems and data pipelines, now focusing on cloud-native solutions at Netskope. He has led teams and projects as a technical lead, architecting serverless pipelines and DSL rule engines that boosted performance and cut duplicate requests and operational costs. Kent’s background in chemical engineering and process optimization informs a data-driven approach to troubleshooting—he once improved a timed-out job by 10x and reduced defect losses in hardware-related roles. He’s pragmatic about automation, having created Go command-line tools to remove error-prone configuration steps and mentored colleagues through pair programming. Comfortable across ETL, MQTT, REST APIs, and explainable AI, he blends enterprise rigor with hands-on implementation. Quietly, his career shows a pattern of rescuing legacy systems and turning them into maintainable, high-performing services.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Chemical Engineering, Master's degree, Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University