# Terry Tsai

> Software Engineer at Notion

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/terrytsai

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Notion
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Recidiviz
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Led development of open-source Typescript React data visualization apps for a criminal justice non-profit, architecting node.js backend and designing front-end architecture with reusable UI components and MobX state management
• Greatly increased developer velocity by creating process to one-click deploy feature branches to GCP instances, allowing reviewers to quickly test features and verify bug fixes by simply visiting a URL
• Mentored front-end developer, lending technical expertise and detailed code reviews to foster their professional growth

### Software Engineer @ Ginger Labs
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Shipped major features for Twobird, a complex Typescript React Native CRDT-based collaborative document editor, email client and team productivity app that supports mobile, desktop (Electron), and web platforms.
• Won company-wide best Hackathon award twice in a row for vastly improving CRDT document editor, adding highly-requested features such as image support and advanced copy and paste support
• Dove into iOS/Swift and Android/Kotlin code to patch, maintain and squash tricky bugs in React Native modules
• Maintained blazing fast performance with optimization techniques and constant profiling vigilance to keep app feeling snapping even on older mobile devices
• Mentored junior developer to foster their professional growth and learning

### Software Engineer @ Bird
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Transitioned Bird’s platform from one vehicle class to support multiple vehicle classes in Kotlin backend
• Implemented logic to enable Bird's vehicles to be parked in sheltered garages
• Built Android features to support renting new classes of vehicles and view more information on vehicle garages

### Software Engineer @ Scoot Networks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Led development of React Native fleet operations app, enabling vehicle mechanics to find, diagnose and remote-control IoT network of scooters
• Transitioned API to GraphQL and Apollo Client to resolve major development bottlenecks and enable our app development to scale
• Researched and adopted Redux Thunk + RxJS reactive programming library, a much more scalable and modular approach to composing asynchronous network handling logic
• Developed and managed CodePush deployment, monitoring bugs and issuing rollbacks

### Desktop Engineer @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Berkeley, California, United States
Manage IT users in IBM Bigfix Console, writing and troubleshooting scripts in Relevance and Action Script languages to support over 1,700 computers on campus network. Sequence applications in Microsoft Application Virtualization. Develop and deploy custom Windows Images for various needs in university.

### Unit Supervisor @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Berkeley, California, United States
Managed the technical support program for residents of UC Berkeley’s residential halls. Revamped the hiring process and training program. Supervised and advised 7 Residential Computing Consultants, helping to develop their careers.

### Residential Computing Consultant @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Berkeley, California, United States
Provided technical support for residents of UC Berkeley’s residential halls. Educated students on topics such as internet security and privacy. Helped plan and lead software workshops for residents.

### Research Assistant @ National Taiwan University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan
Optimized gaze detection system, improving runtime from 30+ secs to <1 sec per face.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/terry-tsai-0bb7a3278

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Last updated: 2026-03-23