Liang Cao
Software Development Manager at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLiang Cao is a seasoned Software Development Manager based in Seattle with over a decade leading engineering teams and more than 20 years of total engineering experience. At Amazon he has delivered large-scale, mission-critical systems—building ML-driven and IoT time-and-pay platforms that now serve 1.2M daily users, eliminate third-party dependencies, and drive multimillion-dollar annual savings. He blends hands-on technical delivery (serverless migrations, CI/CD, device management, facial recognition) with strategic roadmapping and stakeholder alignment, reducing customer issues by 70% and cutting operational costs by 40%. Liang has a track record of partnering with ML and LLM teams to operationalize real-time translation and AI agents, improving global customer experience and support scalability. A mentor-focused leader, he scales high-performing teams and develops engineering managers while driving supply-chain and global launches. His background spans product and engineering roles across the US, Japan, and academia, reflecting a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to solving complex operational problems.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Donghua UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha
English, Japanese, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
openembedded5
spdx5
git-repository5
yocto2
freescale2
tizen1
operating-system1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FOSSology-SPDX/fossology-spdx
Jan 2013 - Apr 2014
FOSSology plugin for SPDX
Contributions:22 commits in 1 year 2 months
spdxfossology
MentorEmbedded/poky
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Fork/mirror of the Yocto Poky repository for our releases
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
pokyyocto
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