# Allen Gao

> Software Engineer at Valon

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/allengao

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Valon
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Pinwheel
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026

### Software Engineer @ Stripe
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Full-Stack Engineer on Stripe Capital.

### Software Engineer @ Citadel
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Chicago, Illinois
Built software supporting Citadel's Fundamental Equities business.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Citadel Securities
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Spearheaded and delivered multiple key tools/services to improve trading/market-making performance for options traders, analysts, and QRs.

### Product Manager Intern @ SelfMade
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Led a cross-functional team of 6 to design/implement a deep-learning based discovery/recommendation system, which curates relevant/engaging social media content for e-commerce clients.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seattle, Washington
Software Engineer on the Messenger MQTT infrastructure team. Improved stability for the mobile client connection systems which service over 1 billion MAU of Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram mobile apps.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Yelp
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Software Engineer on the Messaging team. Built features to improve the messaging conversation experience between consumers and business owners.

### Co-Founder/Software Developer @ Gamelynx
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Waterloo, Ontario
One of five initial co-founders of Gamelynx, we designed and built a platform at the time which allowed users to play party/board games online with their friends on their phones, without any download or signup required.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Street Contxt
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Toronto, Canada Area
Spearheaded development of Street Contxt's internal tools which enabled non-technical users to perform DB-level tasks and reduced overhead for engineers, allowing the company to rapidly scale with more clients.

### Web Development Intern @ Genesys
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Markham, Ontario, Canada
Implemented B2B customer experience tools and services for call center employees of mid-large sized businesses.


## Education
### Bachelor of Computer Science in Minor in Economics, Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/allengao
- Website: http://allengao.me

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Last updated: 2026-03-22