◆ huliud9vid@gmail.com
David Hu-Liu
Software Engineer · Product ·
Open to work
Toronto, Canada
Toronto, CanadaI build AI-native, full-stack products end to end — from first ideation, into clients hands. I bring strategy where ambiguity dominates and decision-making thrives.
↳ Prev Software Engineer @ Toronto Tech Startups( TechStars, Antler VC Backed.)
↳ 4 Years Exp. building AI-native, full-stack applications, and arbitrary websites ( huliud9vid@gmail.com )
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Future
where I'm headed next↳ Incoming :: ? at Disney — engineering management? creative eng-team; Undeclared.
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Prev. Experience
where I've been↳ Currently: TPM + SWE at YRT Capital Inc. — quantitative, thematic, and research based investment strategies under WSQ portfolio management, options and quantitative research trading, --- backing is questionnable --
↳ Founding Engineer at Caplift — product & distrubtion team: designing scalable systems for a matchmaking engine for lenders & SMB's. As a tight team of 4-5, scaled up to $20k ARR first 2 months of launching. Reddit method + Loan Shark Partnerships --
↳ Research Engineer at JW Capital Management — Worked on internal tool Contributed to research with Two Sigma Hedge Fund--Exec::LP's,::: pytorch and numpy--betting predict real-estate where energy supplies would show up through proprietary data--:::
↳ Software Engineer at Tyce.ai — Built RAG pipeline with 92% accuracy in contract generation, saving 15 hours/week; scaled platform to 2,000+ daily workflows with 40% faster API response times.
↳ Founding Product Engineer at Flair Social — Led Product; an AI shopping app with 200+ users100K+ products, abandoned Top 5% YC S25 application; optimized feed latency from 5000ms to 275ms, increasing session time by 40%.
↳ Full-Stack Engineer at Aview International — Developed AI video editor for 300+ creators; achieved 40% faster task loading and 50% faster database rendering.
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Notable Projects
things I've shipped↳ Klean (see devpost) — AI-powered code optimization web app leveraging Microsoft's CodeBERT to analyze and refactor Python code for energy efficiency; achieved significant reductions in carbon footprint and execution time by identifying memory-intensive operations and optimizing computational tasks at enterprise scale.
↳ 🏆 1st Place Winner @ FallHacks
↳ HandPilot (see devpost) — Computer-vision motion control system using OpenCV and MediaPipe to transform hand gestures into mouse inputs; achieved 95% gesture accuracy and 87% click/drag precision at 27 fps with real-time smoothing and calibration.
↳ 🏆 1st Overall @ York Region Hackathon
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Random
off the clock↳ My favourite side-gig was being a Private Snowboard Instructor. Fun mini business
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Q&A
the stuff behind the resume↳ Why tech? 👀 I'm intrinsically drawn to the nuances of how products/features drive lasting business impact, along with how creative implementations shape use-cases.
↳ What moves you? A sense of community and bonding with the mission and the people I'm working with. In the trenches with customer problems, but in the trenches together.
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Please reach out if you're
↳ A founder!
↳ Looking for a friend / someone to work with !