Tzu-hua Liu
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTzu-hua Liu is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, currently at Meta after roles at Walmart Global Tech, Twitter, and AWS. He specializes in caching, key-value storage, and infrastructure services that improve scalability, reliability, and performance for high-throughput consumer platforms. His background spans both product-facing and foundational systems—working on Manhattan-style KV stores, MySQL/Vitess, ClickHouse, and cloud billing systems—giving him a rare cross-domain perspective on storage and cost-efficient infrastructure. A seasoned engineer with academic roots including graduate work and teaching in computer science, he pairs practical production experience with strong theoretical grounding. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he is known for turning complex distributed challenges into pragmatic, maintainable solutions that enable seamless user experiences at internet scale. An understated strength is his history of mentoring and helping teams bridge research-level ideas into deployable, cost-aware engineering.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD candidate Computer Science, PhD candidate Computer Science at University of HoustonMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at National Taiwan UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
smartthings1
arduino1
Github contributions (5)
nickboy/Technical-Interview-Tutorial
Aug 2015 - Oct 2019
Contributions:2382 commits, 2331 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
nickboy/dotfiles
Sep 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 5 months
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