About

Thomas Chao is a Principal Engineer at Uber with a strong background in mobile development and management. He has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products to billions of users and is always searching for opportunities to contribute to exciting projects. Prior to joining Uber, Thomas worked as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, where he was responsible for designing the architecture for the next generation of Gmail experiences. He also served as the Tech Lead and Manager for Gmail and Inbox Android, leading a team of 20 engineers to develop Gmail Android. Additionally, Thomas designed Android and Server APIs to power Google Nearby, a technology that allows pairing of devices in close physical proximity. Thomas also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Lionside Inc. and ngmoco:) Inc., where he was responsible for architecting the next generation mobile-based game development SDK. He provided a developer-friendly framework for creating game backends and built-in support for multi-data-center scaling. Thomas also served as the team lead for the backend development of two Facebook games servicing over 200,000 daily active users and over 8 million total users. Thomas holds an MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Computer Science from Cornell University. He also attended Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School. Thomas has expertise in Senior Software Engineering, Android, Mobile, Software Engineering, infra, iOS, Web, AWS, Backend, test, and MongoDB. Overall, he has 14.88 years of relevant experience in the field.