# William Liu

> Software Engineer

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

I am a software engineer who graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2023. My focuses include concurrency, operating systems, compilers, graphics, and computer networks.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Reality Labs, EMG-based neural interfaces.

### Software Engineer Intern @ GTS
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
Reality Labs.

- Individually ported low-level EMG research data pipeline system to Apple M1 to full feature parity, significantly increasing internal accessibility for hundreds of researchers.
- Developed data transformation API for EMG pipelines to accelerate research workflow.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Coalition, Xbox Studios, Online Team.

- Implemented binary serialization library in C++ for MessagePack in Gears of War game engine's network transport layer, achieving up to 5x faster than the official library.
- Created code generator from scratch to automatically write C++ SDK from C# backend source, streamlining engineering iterations and reducing human error.

### Software Engineer (part-time) @ Spatial
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Part time full-stack SWE.

### Full Stack Engineer Intern @ Wish
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marketplace, Merchant Policy team.

- Upgraded & maintained Wish merchant policy backend frameworks to support Wish IPO.
- Engineered automatic policies to detect & take action on poor merchant customer support.

### Full Stack Engineer @ Spatial
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Pioneered prototype and shipped Stadia-style streaming service for Spatial app.
    >Became most popular platform by customer usage, greatly increasing accessibility.
- Developed Spatial’s backend API (Go, MongoDB) and webapp frontend (React).

### Augmented Reality Developer @ Spatial
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
- Ported whole Spatial AR and VR conference app to Oculus Quest near feature parity.
 > Quest platform is now main platform of focus for Spatial company after pivot.
- Developed and presented important features directly to corporate partners with Spatial CEO.

### Lifeguard and Swim Instructor @ City of Markham
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Supervised swimmers at community pool and taught classes ranging from new swimmers to entry lifeguarding courses. Provided customer service on behalf of the City.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023

### High School Diploma
Markham District High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/williamyuxuanliu
- Website: https://www.williamliu.dev/
- GitHub: https://github.com/mast0rbill/

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Last updated: 2026-03-23