About

Siaw Young Lau is a Senior Software Engineer at Forge, a company that provides a platform for businesses to run liquidity events. With a passion for learning and building things that work, Siaw has a wealth of experience in software engineering, particularly in microservices and search technologies. Siaw's current role as Technical Lead for Forge Company Solutions has allowed him to showcase his expertise in software engineering, leading the development of the platform that enables companies to run liquidity events. Prior to his current role, Siaw worked at Carousell as a Senior Software Engineer in Core Technology, where he was responsible for monolith-to-microservice architectural migrations and maintenance for core services. He also worked as a Software Engineer in Core Marketplace/Smart Listings, implementing dynamically structured listings and server-side driven user interfaces across all major user journeys in Carousell. Siaw's education background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems and Technology Design from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, as well as a NUS High Diploma from NUS High School of Mathematics and Science. He also attended Tao Nan School. Siaw's technical skills include software engineering, microservices, and search technologies. He has over 7 years of relevant experience in the field and has demonstrated his ability to lead technical teams in the development of complex software systems. Siaw is also a writer and shares his knowledge and insights on his personal blog, siawyoung.com.