Young Liauw
Chief Technology Officer at Move Industries
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYoung Liauw is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with a decade-plus of software engineering management experience and a strong foundation in hardware and research from Stanford. He has led engineering organizations at Meta and Aptos Labs, specializing in developer platforms, reliability, and blockchain infrastructure, and now guides Move Industries from Palo Alto. Known for turning chaotic technical and organizational crises into stable, high-performing teams, he blends hands-on DevOps and CI/CD expertise—evident from contributions to major projects like Diem and Aptos—with strategic leadership of managers and cross-functional groups. His background in transistor-level design and building a monolithic RRAM 3D-FPGA gives him uncommon depth in both systems engineering and low-level hardware-software co-design.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyPhD Electrical Engineering, PhD Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (17)
github-ci10
docker10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
build-automation10
blockchain10
rust10
githubaction-workflow10
aptos9
automated-tests8
makefile8
terraform7
terraformer7
code-coverage7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
diem/diem
Oct 2019 - Oct 2021
Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:394 reviews, 161 commits, 220 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Young primarily focused on improving the project's infrastructure and build processes. Their contributions involved creating and modifying Dockerfiles for various components, implementing conditional Docker builds, and optimizing caching strategies. Furthermore, they updated the CI/CD pipeline by integrating code coverage tools and adjusting trigger conditions for build workflows, with a primary goal of improving build efficiency and reliability.
diemfinancialtrustedethereumblockchain
aptos-labs/aptos-core
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:39 reviews, 13 PRs, 39 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Young's contributions primarily involve the configuration and maintenance of the CI/CD pipeline and associated tooling for the Aptos core blockchain project. They implemented and modified Docker-based build processes, including the creation of base images, and scripts for building and testing various components. The user also made changes to the continuous integration workflow, adding conditional build steps and code coverage reports. Furthermore, they demonstrated experience with scripting languages such as Bash for automation and workflow orchestration.
blockchain-platformblockchainuser-experienceblockchain-networksmart-contracts
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