Hi, I’m Eric. I lead small teams where engineers and agents ship together.
I’m a Senior Engineering Manager at Coinbase, working on Base. Before that I was an engineer at Google, and before that I co-founded Trinsly, a small startup we bootstrapped until its exit in 2021. On the side, I’m building with AI and sharing what I learn on X, mistakes included.
Right now, I’m leading engineering on Base, including its network upgrades, with pods of two or three engineers. They write the specs, and agents help ship them. I’m also learning how to review code that no one on the team wrote by hand. I don’t have it figured out yet.
Experience
Coinbase, Senior Engineering Manager
Since 2022
Engineering for Base, Coinbase’s L2 chain, remote from Brooklyn. My areas include the network upgrades: B20, Base’s native token standard, and the Beryl, Cobalt and Denim hard forks, including 200ms blocks. The work runs in pods of two or three engineers, each with one owner and one goal, and agents doing much of the shipping. Before that, I led engineering on Base Account (formerly Coinbase Smart Wallet), and earlier I was a Senior Staff Engineer on Coinbase Wallet.
Google, Software Engineer
2019–2021
Software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Trinsly, Co-founder
2017–2021
A tool that helped recruiters and salespeople personalize their outreach at scale. We bootstrapped it for three years to 3M+ emails sent, then exited in 2021 in a deal involving Twitter and Chatkick. I built it alongside my full-time roles.
Mark43, Engineering Manager
2017–2019
Led two teams, one mobile and one web, building computer-aided dispatch (CAD) software in New York. Our cloud software improved data collection, response times and safety for dispatchers, first responders and public safety agencies.
Rubicon Project, Software Development Engineer
2016–2017
On the Orders team in New York, building the platform where publishers and advertisers talked, put together proposals and closed deals.
HirePurpose, Senior Software Engineer
2013–2016
Helped close the gap between military service and a civilian career, connecting the military community with Fortune 1000 employers.
Volunteering
Code Nation, Instructor
2016–2019
Taught high-school students how to code, for three years.
Top Honors, Tutor
2016–2017
Hobbies
I’ve run the New York City Marathon twice and Berlin once. Here in New York, I’ve also done a sprint triathlon, and in 2026 I raced HYROX mixed doubles. And I play League of Legends.
Contact
Always happy to talk shop. You can reach me at ericliuemails@gmail.com, or find me on X, GitHub and LinkedIn.