Summary
Sichen Liu is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building large-scale, distributed systems and cloud services from Menlo Park. Currently on Google Cloud Platform working on Firestore, he previously operated Facebook’s TAO cache handling billion-read and million-write QPS workloads, demonstrating deep expertise in high-throughput, low-latency systems. He holds a strong academic foundation with a MEng from Cornell and a top-ranked bachelor’s from Huazhong University, both with 3.9 GPAs, and combines rigorous engineering discipline with hands-on coding (self-described simply as "Coder"). Comfortable across production reliability and storage systems, Sichen brings proven experience shipping robust infrastructure at hyperscale and a keen interest in evolving cloud-native architectures.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0 at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.9 / 4.0 at Cornell University