Finley Lau
Software Engineer at MongoDB
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFinley Lau is a software engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack and systems software, currently at MongoDB after a four-year engineering stint at Ocient. He holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Percussion Performance from Northwestern, blending analytical rigor with creativity and a demonstrated ability to mentor and teach—having supported 100+ students as a course TA. Finley has shipped web and backend systems (React, Node/Express, Flask) and lower-level C++ and C# work, including notable open-source contributions fixing core behavior in the widely used MuseScore music notation project. Past roles span data engineering, tooling, and production dashboards—such as designing a Foundry dashboard analyzing 30 million call transcriptions to improve operations at United Airlines. Curious and self-driven, he repeatedly builds end-to-end solutions (CMS, CMS integrations, CI-backed grading tools, Electron interfaces) that bridge user-facing polish with robust backend engineering.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Northwestern University
Github Skills (7)
debug10
c-language10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
music-notation10
qt8
musicxml6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
musescore/MuseScore
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 9 PRs, 15 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Finley primarily contributed to bug fixes and code improvements within the MuseScore music notation software. Their work involved addressing issues in various areas, including octave calculations, string utility functions, and the piano roll editor. Furthermore, they modified core components related to multimeasure rests and the drum tools palette behavior, enhancing the software's usability and functionality. The user's modifications are primarily in C++ files and appear to be focused on addressing specific issues related to the underlying music notation software's behavior.
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finleylau/MYAC-Seating-Auditions
Aug 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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