# Kaiyu Hsu

> I type things to make programs go

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kaiyu

Hi there, you can call me Kai since we're pretty much friends now. I enjoy creating things for the internet. By day, I get to do that through investing, advising, and building products you may not have heard of (yet)

My highlights include:

🧑‍💻 Led software development at various large organizations
📈 Drove product growth from single digits to millions in users and revenue
🤝 Authored design systems used across multiple team functions
🤓 Contributor to major open source projects (Next.js, Node.js, AngularUI, React Bootstrap, and Wikipedia)
🦡 USDR and the OpenJS Foundation committee member
📚 Published research papers on growth and retention
🔥 Took startups through acquisitions, IPOs, and several failures

You can lure me into a response with ice cream

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Sequoia Capital
Jan 2022 – Present
Helping the daring build legendary companies

### Software Engineer @ Vercel
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Build and publish wonderful things

### Design Engineer @ Google
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Looking for something?

### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Earth’s biggest bookstore

Worked on design systems, web performance, bundlers, and transpilers. Helped architect the frontend framework (think React) for amazon.com

### Software Engineer @ Atrium
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Legal services for startups

### Design Engineer @ Cardiogram
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Your personal healthcare assistant

First employee hire. Helped build out the brand, product, and technical foundations of the company. Acquired in 2020

### Design Engineer @ Slyce
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Toronto, Canada Area
Search what you see

Early engineer hire. Worked on ML platform tools and UI prototypes. Went public in 2015 (TSX-V: SLC)

### Intern @ Orium
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Toronto, Canada Area
Software studio

### Intern @ Dashboard
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Toronto, Canada Area
Advertising agency

### Designer @ kyh
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Toronto, Canada Area
Independent contract projects


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Psychology, Communications, Design
University of Toronto

### Digital Communications in CCIT
Sheridan College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kyh
- Website: https://www.kyh.io

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Last updated: 2026-04-01