Summary
Chien Lu is a software engineer with nine years' experience building mobile and web applications, currently contributing to Barco after multi-year roles at TomTom where he worked on the TomTom GO Fleet Android app and in-car navigation projects. He combines a strong academic foundation—MSc in Information Management with research on A* search and multi-objective optimization for trip planning—with practical expertise in Kotlin, Java, Node.js, PHP, TypeScript, and backend databases. Proven in both industry and research settings, he has shipped production apps, authored SDKs and authentication flows, and measured app stability and analytics with tools like Bugsnag and Mixpanel. A former teaching and research assistant, he brings clear communication and mentoring experience alongside hands-on algorithm design and performance tuning. Outside work he channels high focus and discipline from competitive badminton, and he is completing military service as a military policeman.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Science and Information Management, GPA:3.7/4, Bachelor, Computer Science and Information Management, GPA:3.7/4 at Soochow University
Master, Information Management, GPA 4.1/4.3, Master, Information Management, GPA 4.1/4.3 at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology