David (Shao Hang) Kao
Product Leader
Passionate about building innovative products, leading high-performance teams, and exploring the intersection of technology and creativity through vibe coding experiments.
Projects
Neko Card
An app that helps people maximize their credit card benefits and perks.
Neko Cube
A web-based 3D app that solves Rubik's cube with layer by layer approach.
Beyond the Code
Cat Dad
Proud parent of 4 cats, with the eldest being 16 years old
Freediving
AIDA 2 certified freediver exploring the underwater world
Personal Record
13 meters at Lake Berryessa
Kart Racing
Former amateur kart racer for Team GFC, competed at Sonoma Kart Track and Prairie City Kart Track
Experience
Nekopan Lab
Founder
August 2025 - PresentBuild things people love.
Meta
Wearable
March 2020 - August 2025
Individual Contributor
June 2025 - August 2025Wearable Product.
Senior Engineering Manager
March 2020 - May 2025Established team from 0 to 30+ with focus on user-facing wearable products. Launched Be My Eyes <=> Ray-Ban Meta integration, bringing visual assistance to blind and low-vision users through smart glasses.
Learn more about Be My Eyes integration (opens in new tab)NPE
September 2019 - March 2020
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Explored new products with NPE team.
Facebook Search
March 2014 - August 2019
Focusing on world-class search products across web, Android, iOS, and lite interfaces. Evolved Facebook's search experience from profile search only toward content (posts/photo/video, etc.) search. Involved in rapid product experimentations and launched new search experiences that serve billions of queries per day.
Senior Engineering Manager
January 2019 - August 2019Engineering Manager
January 2017 - December 2018Engineering Manager (M0)
June 2016 - December 2016Senior Software Engineer
January 2015 - May 2016Software Engineer
March 2014 - December 2014Mozilla Corporation
Software Engineer
September 2013 - November 2013Firefox OS - SNTP, EAP-SIM.
Garmin International
Adv. Software Engineer
October 2010 - August 2013Contributed to Map Technology and Mobile Applications teams, enhancing phone number search, reducing routing calculation time (15%-50%), and working on Garmin's next-generation navigation core. Developed "Ferome" mobile app and contributed to StreetPilot for iOS/Android and Monterra, an Android powered outdoor navigation device.
ESP Style
Web Developer
May 2008 - July 2010Server-side applications (in PHP+MySQL) for customers, mainly focusing on content management systems, along with some other functions like chatroom, guest book, e-commerce, etc. Frontend works using jQuery.
Education
National Taiwan University
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science
2008-2010
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science
2004-2008
National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park
High School Diploma
Competition Records
ACM ICPC Asia Regional - Kaohsiung
2006
ACM ICPC Asia Regional - Shanghai
2006
National Computer Programming Contest
2006
ACM ICPC Asia Regional - Taipei
2005
National Computer Programming Contest
2005
ACM ICPC Asia Regional - Beijing
2004
ACM ICPC Asia Regional - Taipei
2004
National Computer Programming Contest
2004