# Tyler Liang

> Senior Full Stack Engineer | React, Next, Node, Python, Go, Ruby

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tylerliang

Full Stack Engineer with 10 years of experience building scalable, user-centric SaaS and productivity platforms. Skilled in delivering performant React/TypeScript frontends and robust Python, Go, and Ruby on Rails backends that power seamless, data-driven experiences. Adept at architecting clean, maintainable systems, improving reliability across distributed environments, and leading cross-functional collaboration from concept to deployment. Passionate about developer experience, modern tooling, and UI performance optimization, with a proven track record of driving engineering excellence and accelerating product velocity in fast-paced, growth-oriented teams.

## Work Experience
### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ Linear
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
• Architect and deliver customer-facing real-time collaboration and issue-tracking features using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Node.js, ensuring seamless performance and reliability across a rapidly scaling user base.
• Built WebSocket-based live editing and optimistic UI updates, improving responsiveness and reducing perceived latency by approximately 40%.
• Designed and maintained GraphQL APIs supporting real-time synchronization and offline-first capabilities for consistent multi-user experiences.
• Led the migration of serverless workloads to Google Cloud Run, enhancing scalability, deployment efficiency, and developer velocity.
• Partnered with design to refine component libraries, standardize design patterns, and enforce WCAG 2.1 accessibility across core interfaces.
• Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Terraform, introducing automated quality gates and environment-based deployment flows that reduced release time by 25%.

### Senior Software Engineer @ ClickUp
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
• Led feature development for real-time collaboration tools, automation workflows, and dashboards in React + TypeScript.
• Architected Go microservices powering task automation, file management, and workspace synchronization while designing event-driven messaging via AWS SQS/SNS to support millions of live user updates daily.
• Created CI/CD workflows with AWS CodePipeline and Terraform, enabling zero-downtime deployments.
• Directed frontend performance initiatives, reducing bundle size by 20% and improving LCP scores.
• Collaborated with PMs and designers to enhance UX consistency across complex interaction flows.
• Mentored team members in scalable frontend design and Go service patterns.

### Software Engineer @ ClickUp
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
• Contributed to the core ClickUp platform using React, TypeScript, Node.js (Express), and early Go microservices.
• Enhanced task API performance through query optimization and Redis-based caching, improving response times by 35%.
• Integrated real-time presence indicators and comments using WebSocket and GraphQL subscriptions.
• Built internal analytics dashboards visualizing engagement metrics with React + Chart.js.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and AWS ECS, reducing environment setup time by 50%.
• Wrote reusable UI components adopted across multiple teams and projects.
• Increased test coverage to 85% using Jest + Cypress for end-to-end validation

### Software Engineer @ Dropbox
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
• Built collaboration features for Dropbox Paper using React, Redux, and Node.js, enhancing team productivity and user engagement.
• Optimized large-document rendering performance by 45% via virtualized scrolling and incremental fetch.
• Developed Highcharts + Ag-Grid dashboards visualizing document engagement and usage metrics.
• Implemented backend APIs in Go and Python for commenting, sharing, and real-time sync.
• Improved reliability of the editor by implementing granular autosave and delta sync.
• Integrated telemetry and performance logging, helping identify client-side bottlenecks.
• Supported early migration to AWS ECS, improving service uptime and observability.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Syracuse University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Florida
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tyler-liang-00a045390

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Last updated: 2026-03-29