Bryce Tsao
Front-end Developer / Digital Rights Activist
Excellent fast learner / DeFi Specialist
Taipei, Taiwan brycetsao linkedin.com/in/bryce-tsao
Skills
Tech Stack
Solidity/Web3 React Vue Node Webpack GraphQL/REST Sass/SCSS MongoDB GCP/Apps Scripts Git
CI/CD GNU/Linux
Community Networking
- Coordinator of digital security training for international civil societies
- Business development experience at blockchain startups, with successful pitches
- Active in international activism society and IT communities, co-organizing events
Open Source
- COSCUP '19 privacy track co-host
- SITCON '16 marketing team
- SITCON Camp '16 world café
co-host (with Audrey Tang) - NTUOSC marketing lead
- NCTU CCCA president
Languages
- English (C1)
- Chinese
- Mandarin (Native)
- Cantonese (C1)
- Written Chinese (C2)
- Japanese (A2)
Work Experiences
Front-end Developer
Pelith, aka Hakka Finance
Sep 2021 - Present
Taipei, Taiwan
- Research on Gnosis Protocol and rewrite a front-and with customized add-ons of CowSwap
- In charge of developing the front-end of Hakka Trading Framework
Front-end Developer &
Blockchain Researcher
FiO Labs
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
Taipei, Taiwan
- Full-stack engineer of the FiO Blockchain-as-a-Service
- Using RWD, API, smart contract, and distributed system
- Solving architectural problems with unique insights
- Architect of the decentralized time-banking proof-of-stake system, in collaboration with NTU
- PM/PR of the spotlight blockchain product: Learning Curve
- In charge of API development and billing / payment system
- Leading code review and refactoring with recognized quality
- Researcher on a future NFT project
- Outstanding quick learner, capable of various jobs
International
Community Manager
Open Culture Foundation
Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
Taipei, Taiwan
- Chaired OCF's international digital security program, given conference talks overseas
- Organizing a regional digital security helpline and its community
- Facilitating digital rights & security strategy workshops for regional NGOs
- Running OCF's social media and official website
- Supervisor of open source software translation
Bryce’s passion for digital rights and gender issues, combined with her technical ability, makes her a valuable team member. Coming from a computer science background, what makes her different is her care for the impact information technologies make on society, and also her excellent communication skills. In our work, she has been able to simplify complex technical subjects, and explain them from the listener’s perspective patiently.— Pellaeon Lin, former Manager of OCF International Program
Contract Projects
Digital Security Trainer • Civil Society Cyber Shield
Jan 2021 - Present
Full-stack Developer • MoMoKa Studio
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
Front-end Developer • CTO.tw
Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
Front-end Developer • NTU Public Art Project
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Conference Talks
Journalism Under Attack: Shrinking Spaces in Reporting • Amnesty International
May 2021
Information security tailored for journalists working in Asia
COCONET II: Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Camp
October 2019
How Taiwanese social movements influenced Hong Kong at the time
What we could learn from world-wide activism
OTF Summit 2019 • Open Tech Fund
September 2019
Navigating the rising social movements in South East Asia
Training of Trainers 2019 • Civil Society Cyber Shield
September 2019
Understanding the working situations of regional organizations, and digital security strategies for them
Education
2017 - 2020
National Taiwan University
Computer Science
2014-2015
Tsinghua University, China
Software Engineering
Side Projects
Much obliged for your reading. What's more about me?
I am an indie game lover, and have built a few games in game jams with my flatmates.
I've been a self-taught guitarist and DJ since high school, working on a decentralized collectible/streaming platform for indie music.
I'm aiding human rights by coding, currently working on an anti-censorship CMS by decentralized technologies, including Tor and IPFS.
