Mason Cao
Software Engineer at Databricks
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMason Cao is a software engineer based in San Francisco with eight years of experience building consumer-facing systems and marketplace infrastructure. A University of Waterloo Management Engineering grad, he progressed from internships at data.world and Wish to impactful roles at Uber working on Eats Search, Marketplace, and Courier Pricing before joining Databricks. He specializes in scalable backend services and search/marketplace dynamics, with a track record of moving from prototyping to production in fast-paced product teams. Mason’s background straddles both product-facing features (search and ads/SEO) and pricing optimizations, giving him a practical blend of algorithmic and systems thinking. Though early in his career, he’s repeatedly delivered cross-functional value at high-growth companies and brings a pragmatic, data-informed approach to engineering decisions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Management Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Management Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese
Github Skills (16)
tac6
api3
mongodb3
nodejs2
rest2
rest-api2
typescript2
restful2
julian1
textract1
machine-learning1
text-recognition1
leon1
aws1
transcript1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
masonc08/TuneUp
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
A music-focused mobile minigame to challenge how well you really know your music
Contributions:30 PRs, 58 pushes, 13 branches in 10 months
minigamereact-nativeandroidfocusedmusic
masonc08/algs
Jul 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:567 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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