Vincent Tiu
Software Engineer at Hack4Impact
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolVincent Tiu is a software engineer and UPenn Computer Science and Business student (4.0 GPA) with seven years of hands-on coding experience building tools and platforms that connect communities and address social needs. He has shipped production software across internships and fellowships—from Infura and Ramp to short stints at Moonhub and Jane Street—and currently contributes to mission-driven engineering at Hack4Impact. As a backend contributor to the notable git-bug project, he improved output formats, added editing and removal commands, and implemented cache eviction to keep an offline-first bug tracker performant. He’s also co-founded and led blockchain- and community-focused initiatives like Ion Protocol and FranklinDAO, blending product, business analysis, and technical execution. Based in Philadelphia and self-described as “eternally hungry,” Vincent pairs pragmatic engineering with an entrepreneurial instinct for sustainable, community-oriented solutions.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science at University of PennsylvaniaInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, General Studies, International Baccalaureate Diploma, General Studies at British School ManilaJerome Fisher M&T ProgramBachelor of Science - BS, Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics at The Wharton School
Chinese, Filipino
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Github Skills (13)
git10
command-line-interface10
caching10
go10
disk-cache10
object-cache10
memory-cache10
web-cache10
cli10
command-line10
distributed-systems9
json9
org-mode8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
git-bug/git-bug
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
Distributed, offline-first bug tracker embedded in git
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 47 commits, 12 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Vincent primarily contributed to enhancing the `git-bug` tool's functionality related to bug tracking and data formatting. Their work included adding support for different output formats (plain text, JSON, and org-mode) to the `ls` and `show` commands, improving usability for different users. They also added the ability to remove bugs and local identities from the repository, demonstrating a focus on managing and manipulating bug data. Furthermore, they refactored code for improved JSON output and added a new command `comment edit` and updated tests, and implemented a cache eviction system to manage memory usage.
bug-trackerbugtrackerdecentralized-applicationdistributed-systemsgitdb
vincetiu8/covid-tower-defense
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
https://github.com/Invincibot/covid-tower-defense.git
Contributions:21 PRs, 37 pushes, 26 branches in 1 year 9 months
defensetowertower-defense
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