Steven Ho
Senior Software Engineer at Duolingo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Ho is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience building consumer-facing mobile experiences, currently shaping Duolingo’s Android music course after driving engagement features at Twitch and Affirm. A UC Berkeley double major in Computer Science and Linguistics, he blends NLP and computational syntax interests with practical engineering—bringing a strong Android (Kotlin) frontend background and a data-informed approach to A/B testing and UX optimization. His teaching stints as lecturer and head TA for CS 61C reflect deep strengths in technical communication, curriculum design, and mentoring. He’s also a psychometrician-minded R developer who applies principled assessment and item modeling thinking to product measurement and personalization. Comfortable moving between product, data, and developer ergonomics, he excels at turning learning science and language insights into delightful app experiences. Based in Pittsburgh, he pairs academic rigor with product pragmatism to grow user engagement and retention.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Linguistics, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Linguistics at University of California, BerkeleySan Gabriel High School
English, French, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (48)
shiny10
htmlwidgets10
bookdown10
r9
widgets9
binaries9
cli9
fomantic-ui9
administration9
command-line-tool9
macos8
homebrew8
scalafmt7
sentiment6
google-java-format6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
swnydick/catIrt
Apr 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
swnydick/swnydick.github.io
Jan 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 9 months
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