Michael Fu

Michael Fu has extensive experience in the technology industry, with a particular focus on engineering and infrastructure. Michael currently holds the position of VP and Head of Engineering at Quora, where they are responsible for leading the entire engineering function. Prior to this role, they served as the Director of Infrastructure Engineering at Quora, where they oversaw the development of a reliable and scalable infrastructure to support the platform.

Before joining Quora, Michael worked at Pinterest as the Head of Cloud and Developer Services. In this position, they led multiple teams responsible for various aspects of the company's infrastructure, including cloud management, video and image processing, and core services.

In 2012, Michael worked at Netflix as a Senior Software Engineer, where they contributed to the development of tools and systems aimed at improving the resiliency and maintainability of applications in the cloud. Michael also worked on the creation of Edda, an open-source system for tracking resources in the cloud.

Prior to their time at Netflix, Michael was a Software Development Engineer at Amazon.com, where they played a key role in the development of a large-scale software build and deployment system for the EC2 fleet. Michael also worked on the pricing engine at Amazon, utilizing machine learning to generate competitive prices for millions of items.

Michael began their career at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, where they gained foundational experience in software development.

Overall, Michael Fu's work experience demonstrates their expertise in engineering, infrastructure, and leadership roles within prominent technology companies.

Michael Fu has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science from Peking University. Michael also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Science from Chinese Academy of Sciences. Additionally, they obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Oregon State University.