Wongoo Lee
Engineer at Sierra
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWongoo Lee is a seasoned software engineer with 11+ years of experience delivering large-scale systems across Google, Stripe, and Sierra. Based in Sunnyvale, California, he has led backend and frontend work spanning search, Android Things, YouTube TV, and infrastructure, emphasizing robust system design and C++, Java, and JavaScript. Most recently, he joined Sierra as an Engineer, following a tenure as a Staff Software Engineer at Stripe and multiple senior roles at Google, where he contributed to both consumer products and infrastructure. An active contributor to open-source, he maintains a C++ wrapper for SQLite3 (sqlite3pp) and has driven project modernization—migrating from Google Code to GitHub, implementing iterators and modern C++ features like variadic templates. With an MS in Industrial Automation from Inha University, he blends formal engineering training with hands-on software craftsmanship to ship reliable distributed systems. He is known for turning complex requirements into practical, scalable solutions and for mentoring peers in best practices across the full stack.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Industrial Automation, M.S., Industrial Automation at Inha University
Github Skills (12)
code-templates10
sqlite310
c-language10
better-sqlite310
sqlite10
cpp-templates10
python-templates10
app-templates10
c-programming-language10
html-templates10
api9
api-doc9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
iwongu/sqlite3pp
Aug 2014 - Feb 2018
SQLite3++ - C++ wrapper of SQLite3 API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 1 review, 81 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Wongoo primarily contributed to the C++ wrapper of the SQLite3 API. They started by moving the project from Google Code to GitHub, which involved initializing the repository and adding the initial code. Subsequent commits focused on code cleanup, including replacing tabs with spaces for consistent formatting and removing deprecated usages. Furthermore, they introduced features such as iterator implementations and variadic template usages.
c-wrappersqliteapisqlite3
iwongu/blogae
Dec 2013 - Feb 2016
Contributions:57 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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