Victor Chau

VP of Engineering

San Mateo, California, United States25 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Payments Engineering and API development.
  • Led teams to build scalable commerce solutions.
  • Proven track record in Fintech and E-commerce.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce expert with extensive experience in payments and API development.

Contact

LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

ApisSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

RESTWeb ServicesScrumSOAPAgile MethodologiesScalabilityDatabasesJavaDistributed SystemsSoftware DesignEnterprise SoftwarejQueryPL/SQLCloud ComputingPayments

About

I am currently leading the Payments Engineering team in the Commerce Platform at Godaddy. If you are passionate about the payment landscape and how to leverage the latest technology to empower every merchant in the world to sell and accept payments everywhere, join me at GoDaddy.

Experience

25 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Godaddy

3 roles

VP of Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Senior Director of Engineering - Commerce Payments

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Director of Engineering

Feb 2021 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Poynt

3 roles

Director Of Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Architect

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Founding Engineer

Apr 2014 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Paypal, inc

3 roles

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Developer Platform

Oct 2012 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Jose, CA

  • Architect and product owner responsible for the Paypal REST APIs and Developer Portal.
  • Developed the Paypal REST APIs to modernize Paypal’s API offerings.

Principal Software Engineer, Paypal Platform

Promoted

Nov 2007 – Mar 2011 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Leading the design and development of the Adaptive Payments API.

Senior Software Engineer, International

Nov 2005 – Nov 2007 · 2 yrs

  • Part of the international payments engineering team that brought Paypal to countries outside of North America.

X.commerce

Principal Software Engineer, X.commerce Platform

Mar 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos · San Jose, CA

  • Leading multiple teams in building commerce services for the X.commerce platform.

Siebel systems, inc

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2000 – Oct 2005 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • Developed CRM software for the telecom and automotive industry.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

B.S. — EE & CS

May 1996 – May 2000

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