Summary
Ryan Siu is a software engineer with nine years of experience building data and systems infrastructure, currently a Member of Technical Staff at Perplexity in San Francisco. He has deep experience in data connectors, orchestration, and backend engineering from roles at Rockset (acquired by OpenAI), Two Sigma, and internships across finance and systems teams. Ryan’s background blends production-grade data engineering with database and platform work, reflecting a track record of shipping integrations that support analytics and real-time workloads. Based in the Bay Area but originally from New York City, he pairs curiosity about emerging technologies with practical delivery in high-growth environments. An understated strength is his repeated early-career rotations through quantitative and finance-focused teams, which sharpened his ability to bridge data, systems, and product needs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Michigan
Stuyvesant High School