Joseph Lau
Founder of Alchemy
Stanford, California
Overview
Work Experience
Cofounder & CTO
2017 - Current
Alchemy powers the core infrastructure for leading blockchain companies and enterprises around the globe, enabling them to build better products and user experiences through next-generation blockchain infrastructure and developer tools. We're on a mission to create a platform that enables people to build great products for the blockchain space - similar to what Microsoft and Apple did for computers. Our team consists of top engineers with decades of experience at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Pinterest building massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and products that millions of users love. We've been in stealth so we've been pretty quiet, but we're backed by the top execs, investors, and institutions in Silicon Valley including Stanford University and Coinbase. We're growing rapidly and hiring in all roles - so reach out and say hi if you're interested in joining our awesome family + mission! Email us at team (at) alchemy.com!
Alchemy is a developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications.
Raised $563,903,667.00 from Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, Pantera Capital, DFJ Growth, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Addition.
Cofounder
2016
Press one button to hang out with friends!!!
Down to Lunch is a mobile app that enables users to just press one button to get lunch with friends.
Software Engineer
2013 - 2014
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Raised $1,486,100,000.00 from Elliott Investment Management and Elliott Investment Management.
Teaching Assistant / Head Teaching Assistant
2011 - 2013
CS 108 (Object Oriented System Design), CS 145 (Intro to Databases), CS 193C (Client-side Web Technologies), CS 183 (Startups), CS 194 (Senior Project)
Associate Technology Manager Intern
2011 - 2011
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
CS198 Section Leader
2009 - 2011
- Taught introductory programming methodology discussion section in Java and C++ - Assisted students on a personal basis with problem-solving and debugging, graded assignments and exams, held office hours
Software Engineer Intern
2010 - 2010
- Oversaw and developed member invitation feature for LinkedIn Groups from product specification through release - Developed on proprietary Java-based framework using Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, and JUnit testing framework - Planned strategy and helped launch a comprehensive initiative targeting college students
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Student Researcher/Consultant
2010 - 2010
- Researched and provided consultation for new online media initiative