Sy-Dar Liou

Sy-Dar Liou has a diverse work experience. They most recently worked as a Backend Engineer at Bloom Credit starting in 2022. Prior to that, they were a Co-Creator and Software Engineer at Tailslide, where they developed a feature release toggle framework for backend microservices with automatic circuit-breaking capability. They also created an Express backend, a Postgres database, and a React dashboard for feature flag management.

Before Tailslide, Sy-Dar worked as a Full-Stack Web Developer on various projects as a self-employed individual. They built apps such as Trellogy, Spaceball, Taskanini, and Portal Viewer using technologies like Node.js, Express, React/Redux, and MongoDB.

Sy-Dar's earlier work experience includes a role as a Senior Associate Data Scientist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, where they conducted computer modeling and simulation for siRNA drugs, researched novel siRNA drug modeling, and analyzed pathology findings using AI software. They also held an internship as a Modeling Simulation Intern at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Sy-Dar Liou completed a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia between 2009 and 2013. They then pursued further education and obtained a Master of Science in Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2015, specializing in the field of Bioengineering. Most recently, between 2020 and 2022, Sy-Dar Liou completed a Software Engineering - Capstone Graduate program at Launch School. No specific field of study was mentioned for this program.