Summary
Michael Hsu is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years building large-scale web and mobile applications and distributed systems, currently driving growth engineering and transactional/marketing communications at Affirm. He previously helped secure over 100 million daily logins through anomaly detection at Auth0 and held senior engineering roles at Okta and Amazon, including work on Alexa and next-gen TV. Michael combines hands-on systems design with production-grade security and telemetry experience, having developed high-volume monitoring for spacecraft telemetry early in his career. Based in the Los Angeles area, he pairs an MS/BS in Computer Science (Cum Laude) with a history of teaching and mentoring, reflecting a blend of applied research, operational reliability, and developer-facing communication.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Cum Laude, Honors College, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Cum Laude, Honors College at California State University, Los Angeles
Chinese, English