Professional Experience & Industry Impact

Over 16 years in product engineering with extensive experience across startups to Fortune 500 companies. Specialized in frontend architecture, team leadership, and large-scale application development.

💼Industry Experience

  • 16+ years in product engineering.
  • Startup to Fortune 500 company experience.

🚀Technical Leadership

  • Frontend architecture and infrastructure.
  • Team mentorship and technical guidance.

📈Impact & Scale

  • Large-scale applications serving millions.
  • Design systems and developer tooling.

🎤Community & Speaking

  • International conference speaker.
  • Open source contributor and advocate.

Experiences

Kindred
KindredJan 2023 - present
Founding EngineerRemote
Tinder Inc.
Tinder Inc.Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Principal Software EngineerPalo Alto, CA

Tinder Swipe Life

GatsbyJSWordPress

Developed and launched Tinder’s lifestyle magazine platform, creating engaging content experiences for the dating community.

Self EmployedMarch 2021 - present
Product Engineering ConsultantSan Francisco, CA

Alt Platform

React

Delivered comprehensive frontend architecture improvements, performance optimizations, advanced instrumentation, and search engine optimization strategies for alternative investment platform.

Alt
Alt

It’s time to invest in what you love. ALT gives you access to utility and liquidity like never before.

Forethought

React

Spearheaded feature development and design system infrastructure. Provided strategic technical guidance and architectural direction. Delivered state management solutions and executed comprehensive rebranding initiatives.

Forethought
Forethought

Improve your customer experience by using AI.

Public Speaker

JavaScriptReact

Delivered technical presentations on Progressive Web Applications, web performance optimization, and large-scale web application architecture at international conferences and industry events.

Branch
BranchJuly 2016 - Jan 2017
Software EngineerPalo Alto, CA

Branch Dashboard and Solutions

NodeJSReactRedux

Architected frontend infrastructure, established engineering best practices, and implemented website performance optimizations for deep linking platform.

Branch
Branch

Number 1 in deep linking. Integrate robust, durable links into email, SEM, ads and other traditional marketing channels for improved app growth.

Yahoo
YahooNov 2009 - July 2016
Senior Software EngineerSunnyvale, CA

Yahoo Homepage

Atomic CSSExpressJSReactJS (Fluxible)

Engineered one of the world’s most visited single-page applications, serving millions of users across desktop, tablet, and mobile platforms. Developed reusable UI components, utilities, and Node.js libraries.

Yahoo
Yahoo

A new welcome to Yahoo. The new Yahoo experience makes it easier to discover the news and information that you care about most. It’s the web ordered for you.

Yahoo Weather

Atomic CSSExpressJSReactJS (Fluxible)

Enhanced Yahoo Weather platform using isomorphic React architecture, delivering seamless user experiences across all devices.

Yahoo Weather
Yahoo Weather

Prepare for your day with the most accurate hourly, 5-day, and 10-day forecasts. Stunning Flickr photos match your location, time of day, and current conditions.

Yahoo News Digest

Atomic CSSExpressJSReactJS (Fluxible)

Developed web platform for Yahoo News Digest, enabling improved SEO performance and deep linking capabilities for the popular mobile application content.

Yahoo News Digest
Yahoo News Digest

Yahoo News Digest provides a definitive summary of all the important, need-to-know news. Digests are delivered twice a day - once in the morning and once in the evening.

Yahoo Mobile Homepage

DustJSExpressJSYUI

Piloted innovative single-page application architecture for Yahoo mobile homepage, focusing on user-perceived performance enhancements and mobile optimization.

Yahoo
YahooApril 2013 - Oct 2013
Engineering Team LeadTaipei, Taiwan

Yahoo APAC Mobile Homepage (Taiwan and Hongkong)

CSSDustJSExpressJSYUI

Led a cross-functional team of 5 developers to architect and deliver comprehensive content consumption experiences for Asian Pacific markets.

Yahoo行動版
Yahoo行動版

提供最方便的網站搜尋、即時新聞、生活資訊和Yahoo奇摩服務入口。

Yahoo
YahooNov 2009 - April 2013
Quality Engineering Lead / Software EngineerTaipei, Taiwan

Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election - Control Room

CSSPHPYUI

Architected and developed Control Room, a comprehensive tablet application providing real-time election coverage with curated content and original reporting from leading news sources.

Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election
Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election

Yahoo’s Control Room has live streaming video, coverage and maps of all House, Senate and Gubernatorial races, as well as the Presidential race results down to the county level, live blogging and live polling and social sentiment analysis.

Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election - #Hashout

CSSPHPYUI

Developed #Hashout, an innovative online talk show platform designed to engage diverse perspectives and facilitate meaningful political conversations during the election cycle.

Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election - #Hashout
Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election - #Hashout

Online talk show for Yahoo 2012 Presidential Election.

Yahoo Global News

JavaSeleniumWebDriverJSYUI

Architected unified platform serving all Yahoo properties globally. Led frontend testing strategy, framework development, and test automation infrastructure.

Yahoo News
Yahoo News

Browse latest news on Yahoo News.

Ministry of National DefenseOct 2008 - Nov 2009
Project Manager/Engineer LeadTaiwan, R.O.C

Equipment Simulator

Adobe FlexAdobe FlashASP.NETSQL Server

Designed and developed two web-based training applications for military education purposes. Managed and mentored a team of 6 personnel in building educational simulator software solutions.

Profile

Roderick Hsiao

Product Engineering Consultant

San Francisco Bay Area | Internet

Product engineering consultant specializing in frontend infrastructure and design systems. Open source advocate with extensive experience in large-scale applications and team mentorship across startup and enterprise environments.

Expertise

Design SystemsProgressive Web AppsFrontend InfrastructureWeb AccessibilityInternationalizationTeam MentorshipTech Speaker