Larry Hu

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ABOUT LARRY HU

I’m a backend-focused Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable, resilient systems in Scala and JVM-based environments. My work spans microservices, event-driven architectures, functional programming, and cloud-native deployments—primarily across health tech and media domains.At UnitedHealth Group and Hulu/Disney Streaming, I’ve designed and delivered high-throughput, real-time APIs using Scala, Akka, Kafka, and Cats Effect, supporting mission-critical features like benefit eligibility and payments. I’ve implemented observability, CI/CD, and DevOps practices that directly improved system reliability and team velocity.I\'m passionate about clean code, functional programming, and solving distributed systems challenges. Whether it\'s optimizing Kafka pipelines, writing type-safe services, or rolling out infrastructure improvements, I bring a thoughtful, impact-driven mindset to every line of code.