Allen L
Embedded Software Developer at Fortinet
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAllen L is an Embedded Software Developer with nine years of experience, currently building scalable Linux and C-based services for FortiOS at Fortinet to power FortiGate network security appliances. He leverages kernel- and user-space expertise to optimize performance-critical features in a high-stakes cybersecurity environment. Holding an MS from Northwestern and a BS from the University of Toronto, he blends strong academic foundations with practical skills across C/C++, Python, Java, cloud tooling, and ML libraries. Allen is driven by solving real-world security problems at scale and enjoys collaborating with domain experts to iterate on robust, production-ready systems. An avid learner, he routinely applies techniques from diverse stacks—from Docker and Kafka to PyTorch—to bridge prototyping and hardened embedded solutions. Based in Vancouver, he balances deep systems work with a curiosity for cross-disciplinary approaches that improve reliability and observability in networking products.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Northwestern UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of Toronto
Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AllenLXL/AllenLXL.github.io
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
AllenLXL/Leet_Code
May 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 comment in 4 months
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