Wen-hao Lue
Lead Software Engineer at Exa
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWen-hao Lue is a software engineer with 15 years of cross-platform experience spanning iOS, front-end web, distributed systems, and product security. A University of Waterloo co-op alum now based in San Francisco, he led Connect’s authentication and onboarding architecture at Stripe, guiding launches like Express App and Embedded Onboarding while closing critical security gaps. He’s shipped mobile and realtime systems at Square and Twitter, co-founded and built an edtech startup from prototype to production, and currently leads a developer team as Tech Lead at Exa. An active open-source contributor, his work includes core algorithm and data-structure improvements to Twitter’s Algebird and major contributions to Square’s PonyDebugger, showing a blend of practical tooling and scalable backend design. Known for mentoring across levels and translating security-sensitive product requirements into robust infrastructure, he combines product-minded engineering with deep implementation experience.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Bayview GlenBachelor of Software Engineering (BSE), Software Engineering Co-op, Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE), Software Engineering Co-op at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (15)
algorithm10
data-structures10
algorithms10
monoid10
objective-c10
functional-programming10
ios10
data-structure10
abstract-algebra10
scala10
remote-debugging9
debug9
xcode9
debugging9
testing8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
square/PonyDebugger
Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
Remote network and data debugging for your native iOS app using Chrome Developer Tools
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:66 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Wen-hao primarily contributed to the PonyDebugger project, a debugging tool for iOS applications. Their work involved enhancing the core functionality of the debugging tools, specifically focusing on network traffic inspection and improving the integration with Chrome Developer Tools. The user also added functionalities like logging and console messaging, along with improvements to various classes within the project. Additionally, they addressed some known issues in the project.
ios-appdeveloper-toolschromeios-nativedebugging
twitter/algebird
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Abstract Algebra for Scala
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 6 days
Contributions summary:Wen-hao primarily focused on implementing and refactoring core data structures and algorithms within the "algebird" library. Their contributions involved creating and modifying `SketchMap`, a core data structure, along with associated tests. The user also addressed compilation issues and refactored internal components, such as switching from `SketchMapValuesTable` to `AdaptiveMatrix`. These changes reflect a focus on improving the library's performance and maintainability.
scalaalgebraabstract-algebrafunctional-programming
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