Tianchen Liu is a software engineer based in Berkeley with eight years of experience and a strong academic foundation in computer science from UC Berkeley (3.98 GPA). Currently at Google, Tianchen brings production engineering chops honed through prior internships at Google and Oasis Labs and research stints at Berkeley RISE Lab and KAUST. He has experience bridging academics and industry—serving as Head Teaching Assistant while contributing to research projects—indicating both mentorship ability and deep technical grounding. Tianchen’s GitHub notes a Ph.D. affiliation with RLL Research, suggesting active engagement with cutting-edge robotics/learning research alongside industry work. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves fluidly between full-stack and research code, shipping reliable systems while staying curious about foundational ML/robotics problems. He combines rigorous academic credentials with practical product delivery at scale in the Bay Area tech ecosystem.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.98, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.98 at University of California, Berkeley
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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