Terry Li is a founder and software engineer based in New York with nine years of experience bridging fintech-grade engineering and real estate investment. He built and led backend and full-stack systems at OnDeck and Amazon—working with Java SOA, Ruby on Rails, and databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL—before founding New York Homes Renewal to manage property investment and landlording. Comfortable shipping in agile startups and large teams alike, he pairs infrastructure-level rigor with product-focused UX improvements that helped lending platforms scale. His academic background spans atmospheric physics and an MS in computer science, reflecting a data-driven approach to both software and real estate decisions. An operator at heart, he combines hands-on coding chops with entrepreneurial instincts for identifying and executing local real estate opportunities.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelor of Science (BS), Atmospheric Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Atmospheric Physics at University of Science and Technology of China
Contributions:67 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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