About
Bigi Lui was a founding engineer at Zynga on Mafia Wars, a principal engineer at Massdrop, a staff engineer at Knock, and co-founder and CTO of CoinTent.
Founder/CTO at CoinTentYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Bigi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Bigi can intro founders to CoinTent's investors below.
CoinTent's investors · 2
Co-founders at CoinTent
BR
Brad RossFounder/CEO
KG
Kendra GibbonsFounder/Director of Engineering
Experience
- ProdShotFoundercurrent2025 — presentElk Grove, California, United States
- Pineapple SoftwarePrincipal Software Engineer, Ownercurrent2023 — presentElk Grove, California, United States
- Atypical AILead Software Engineering Consultant2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Coding Time (Sac/Elk Grove)Owner2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Captain.tvTechnical Strategic Director2022 — 2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Knock.comStaff Software Engineer - Lead, Backend Systems2018 — 2022Elk Grove, California, United States
- MassdropPrincipal Software Engineer - Lead, Platform team2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinTent (YC S16)Cofounder/CTO2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Architect2013San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Architect2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaPrincipal Software Engineer/Software Architect2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaPrincipal Software Engineer2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Engineer2008 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- Pure Web ApplicationsWeb Application Engineer2007 — 2008Sacramento, California Area
- Intel CorporationProduct Development Engineer2005 — 2007Sacramento, California Area
- Department of Water ResourcesStudent Assistant Programmer2004 — 2005Sacramento, California Area
- UC Berkeley ATDPInstructor2003 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
DocumentationSoftware DocumentationSoftware DesignAdobe AIR1Software Architectural Design3iOS development1User Experience8Game Design5Web Applications13Software Development1ScalabilityWeb Development
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Mobile DevicesObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)RedisCouchbaseC++ServletsMySQLActionScriptEmbedded SystemsPHPPerlSubversionLanguages Cantonese · Chinese (written) · English · Japanese · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bigi Lui?
- Bigi Lui was a founding engineer at Zynga on Mafia Wars, a principal engineer at Massdrop, a staff engineer at Knock, and co-founder and CTO of CoinTent.
- Where does Bigi Lui work?
- Bigi Lui is Founder/CTO of CoinTent.
- What companies did Bigi Lui found?
- Bigi Lui founded CoinTent.
- Where did Bigi Lui go to school?
- Bigi Lui studied at University of California, Davis (B.S. in CSE, Computer Science and Engineering); Y Combinator (S16).
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