Cheryl Low

VP of Engineering at Verge Robotics · Lucene, learning to rank

Verge Robotics

Taipei, Taiwan · CST (UTC+8)

14+ years experience

Australian National University

English, Mandarin, German

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Overview

25 years in software engineering, the last 2 at Verge Robotics, where I lead the search team. Cut p99 latency on the search services from 344ms to 54ms. Shipped 18 launches on the search team without a rollback. Trail runner and occasional climber.

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A/B testingPythonlearning to rankLuceneElasticsearchScalaJava

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Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for compliance automation for farmer cooperatives

The idea: Looking for an ML-focused co-founder for compliance automation for farmer cooperatives
Stage: Idea
I bring: 7 years in search and ranking
Looking for: Product-minded engineer
Commitment: Part-time to start
Location: Taipei or remote

I bring 25 years of search and ranking (currently Verge Robotics). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Taipei, Taiwanscalajavapython

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Experience

VP of Engineering
Nov 2024 - Present
Verge Robotics · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
- Moved 82% of search traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
- Mentored 4 engineers through their first promotion.
- Shipped 16 launches on the search team without a rollback.
Software Engineer
Jan 2022 - Nov 2024
Boston Consulting Group · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
- Brought on-call pages for search down from 16 a week to 3.
Director of Engineering
Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
Atlassian · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
- Reduced cloud spend on search by 35% in two quarters.
Director of Engineering
Nov 2015 - Apr 2019
Recruit Holdings · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
- Mentored 14 engineers through their first promotion.
Staff Software Engineer
Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
Stripe · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Taipei, Taiwan
- Led the migration of 48 services to Elasticsearch.

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Education

Australian National University
BSc, Computer Science
1996 - 2000

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