# Tom Yau > Lead Software Engineer at Presence AI (Acquired by Groupon) Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tomyau I'm a language agnostic developer (working with a JS stack currently) who is passionate about startups with a burning desire to build something meaningful. Pursue your dreams to make them come true! ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Groupon Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 ### Lead Software Engineer @ Presence AI Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco We build a Conversational AI engine and a SaaS for SMBs that uses that engine to automate conversational commerce. Responsible for our SaaS and its integration with the AI engine. ### Lead Ruby On Rails Developer @ Link@ Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Conceived & developed a medical web application ### C/C++ Teacher Assistant @ Epitech Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Provided academic support to 1st, 2nd, 3rd year students to improve their knowledge of programming concepts through lectures, seminars and coaching ### Intern @ GoodWebsite.biz Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 Conceived, designed & developed websites for small businesses ## Education ### Computer Science EPITECH - European Institute of Technology ### Undergraduate in Computer Science Concordia University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tombrentyau --- Source: https://flows.cv/tomyau JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tomyau/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05