Steven Lai

Steven Lai is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in software development and infrastructure management. Currently serving as VP of Engineering at Hume AI since February 2024, Steven's previous roles include Staff Software Engineer at Gusto, where responsibilities spanned infrastructure engineering from April 2020 to February 2024, and Engineering Lead for Payments at Postmates Inc. from October 2018 to March 2020, focusing on backend gRPC microservices utilizing Go, Python, and PostgreSQL. Prior experience includes a Senior Software Engineer position at Integral Derivatives, developing a market-making and research platform, freelance software development with a full-stack emphasis, and software development at Shutterstock, where backend RESTful microservices were a key focus. Steven's career began as a QA Engineer at Alexander Interactive. Steven holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Stony Brook University.