DAMIEN LIU TOKYO, JAPAN

Full-stack systems,
built end to end.

I design, build, and run systems end to end, from legacy migration to production on AWS. I’m also drawn to AI and data science, and I write about the decisions behind it all.

FOCUS Team Leadership · Full-Stack Development · Cloud Architecture · System Modernization

EXPLORING AI · Machine Learning · Data Science

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EXPERIENCE

From legacy to cloud.

Full role

  1. Replace the legacy system

    Led business and system design for moving a legacy system onto a new architecture, as Team Lead.

  2. Architect on AWS

    Containerized workloads on ECS, web delivery through S3 and CloudFront, and scheduled batch processing orchestrated with Step Functions and EventBridge.

  3. Deliver end to end

    Angular, Java and Spring Boot, then testing, deployment, and operations after launch, hands-on throughout.

SELECTED WORK

Projects & experiments

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Trading Analyzer public interface
INDEPENDENTPrivate Beta

Trading Analyzer

A focused workspace for market analysis and structured trade review, built around clarity and repeatable decisions.

ReactMarket DataAnalytics
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NOTES FROM ENGINEERING

Selected writing

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Engineering Feb 2026

System Iteration: Why I Migrated to Astro After 60 Days

A project retrospective on moving this site from Hugo to Astro, including content validation, shared components, and the small scripts still used for browser interactions.
Robotics Dec 2025

Setting up ROS2 Foxy and MoveIt 2 with Docker

A historical setup note for running ROS 2 Foxy and MoveIt 2 in Docker with VNC. Check distribution and package compatibility before using it with a current ROS installation.

BEYOND WORK

The garden.

Explore the garden

A cabinet of curiosities: notes on music, language, and the independent web, collected for pleasure and never quite finished.

CONTACT

Say hello.

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