# Andrew D.

> Staff Software Engineer at Cash App

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/andrewd2

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Cash App
Jan 2021 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ Square
Jan 2021 – Present

### Software Engineer @ FOSSA
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Freelance Software Developer @ Freelance
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Senior Software Engineer @ Optimizely
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Starting with a team of two engineers, helped design, code and ship Optimizely X Full Stack from ideation to a product with millions in ARR. Built and shipped features across the stack, designing customer-facing REST APIs, implementing business logic in Python codebase, and leading frontend development on the team

Architected and built an end-to-end, black box testing framework to ensure accuracy and consistency across Optimizely X Full Stack SDKs in 6 languages. Framework was written in Python, allowing developers to rapidly write tests in a familiar language, and is still being used and built upon

Designed and implemented the password storage system used today for all Optimizely accounts, based on industry best practices and with a password versioning mechanism for future-proofing and gradual migration from older, less secure system

Mentored interns, new hires, and junior engineers and successfully helped them grow into mid-level and now senior engineers

### Founder @ OfferD
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Beijing, China
Founded OfferD, a boutique admissions consulting firm that helped talented Chinese students express their full academic potential at elite institutions abroad

Wrote a Django-based CRUD application that handled all aspects of the company’s e-commerce presence, including multi-currency checkout and payment processing, consultant payments, and email marketing

### VIP SAT Instructor @ DK Education
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Beijing, China

### Computer Consultant @ University of Michigan
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Ann Arbor, MI

### Legislative Intern @ United States House of Representatives
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009


## Education
### B.A. in East Asian Studies
University of Michigan

### Princeton in Beijing / 普林斯顿暑期北京中文培训班
Princeton University / Beijing Normal University

### Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) / 清华IUP中文中心
Tsinghua University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrewdelikat

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Last updated: 2026-03-23