Ming Luo is a full-stack software engineer with 12 years of experience building production-grade web and distributed systems across startups and large tech companies, now working on genAI-driven business agents at Meta in Seattle. He combines front-end expertise in React with back-end API and cloud skills (AWS, Ruby on Rails) and has led engineering teams to deliver identity and income verification products as Payscore’s Head of Engineering. Ming’s background includes shipping high-visibility features at Meta and Amazon, a deep focus on backend architecture demonstrated by contributions to the Sia blockchain’s transaction and wallet logic, and early work that tripled the value impact of a crypto project’s UI release. Comfortable wearing product, DevOps, and design hats, he scales small teams and ships end-to-end features while mentoring engineers. Educated at RPI and NTU, he blends rigorous CS foundations with hands-on startup grit and an eye for pragmatic problem solving. Growing up in the South, educated in the East, and working in the West, he brings a geographically broad perspective to distributed teams and global products.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Advanced Diploma, Advanced Diploma at Randolph High School
Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University Singapore
Blockchain-based marketplace for file storage. Project has moved to GitLab: https://gitlab.com/NebulousLabs/Sia
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:38 commits, 23 PRs, 5 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ming primarily focused on modifying the core backend logic of the Sia blockchain project. Their contributions involved refactoring code related to currency and transaction handling, including updates to coinbase calculations and transaction pool management. Furthermore, the user addressed capitalization inconsistencies and improved the wallet functionality by auto-adding transaction fees. These changes indicate a focus on the Sia project's underlying architecture and functionality.
Contributions:522 commits, 12 PRs, 2 pushes in 8 months
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