Hi!

This is Edison! I am currently a software engineer at Airbnb and an angle investor! —- more to share on that soon.

Previously, I spent seven and half years growing the Snap Maps Mobile team at Snap Inc. It’s been over seven years since I have been at Snap and here are some of the notable accomplishments that I won’t feel shy to share:

  • Growing Snap Map (2016 - 2024): started as Android Lead that was part of the 0 - 1 product development as the Android Lead and now managing both the iOS and Android teams close to 20 engineers and over 300M MAU users from all over the world.

  • Leading Snap Android Rewrite (2018-2020): I was one of the engineering leads for Snap’s “Mushroom” project where I was acting as the solver for various core feature teams. Mushroom resulted in both multiplying DAU growth on Android as well as developer productivity across the company by adopting modern Android frameworks.

  • IC for Snapchat+ Subscription (2022): I was the main Android IC that was responsible for launching the first subscription service for the company - currently responsible for $X00M+ per year revenue for the company.

Before Snap, I have been making apps both as a founder and as a FTE. I have over 13 apps (11 Android, 2 iOS) in the stores right now with a few others in development for various companies, with at least two of them have 1M+ downloads. I see myself as an experienced product engineer that strive to build products that can change user’s lives positively. Some of the notable apps I have done in the past include:

  • Co-founder of SleepBot (shutdown in 2017) - one of the first sleep tracking app that existed on smart phones that received more than 5M downloads across iOS and Android.

  • Android @ Vine: I was one of the two Android hires initially at Vine Labs (acquired Twitter Inc) - where I helped push Android can do with video recording and seamless looping (patent).

  • BlinkRx Android - I was a contractor that helped bootstrap the app that helps patients save money on prescriptions.

  • Squarespace Android - I was a FTE maintaining the blogging app.

On my spare time when I am not spending time with my kids, I’d like to learn about latest technology (LLMs atm), read management books, and look at angel investing opportunities.

For investing, I am particularly interested in digital health startups that can improve people’s health or make health care more accessible.

You can contact me and find more about me using the bottom links or via Github / StackOverflow

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