John Lee
Head Of Research And Development at PilotTV Media Co. Ltd.
New Taipei, Taiwan
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Top SchoolJohn Lee is a pragmatic technology leader with ~17–20 years of experience who currently heads R&D at PilotTV, where he rebuilt data pipelines for ~8x performance gains and migrated systems from batch to streaming while preserving legacy compatibility. He co-founded Canaux, designing large-scale NoSQL and DevOps infrastructures that supported tens of thousands of access points and was acquired by PilotTV, and earlier led 0xlab—one of the top global contributors to AOSP around 2010. His background spans embedded Linux and early open-source smartphones (Openmoko) through cloud-native data platforms and real-time edge firmware, giving him rare cross-layer fluency from device to analytics. John is skilled at balancing technical debt against pragmatic design, shipping product-facing systems that scale and remain maintainable. Colleagues know him for pairing hands-on engineering with strategic leadership and building effective partnerships with vendors and cloud providers. Outside work he’s an avid functional programmer who enjoys films, coffee, and superbikes—often bringing that discipline and curiosity back into system design.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Dropped out Applied Mathematic, Dropped out Applied Mathematic at National Chiao Tung UniversityBachelor Information Management, Bachelor Information Management at National Taiwan University
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (24)
pip6
packaging6
authenticate6
python6
virtualenv5
python-development5
vendor4
robot4
authentication4
ldap3
go-modules3
golang3
ftp-client3
ftp2
sms2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
4freewifi/goroute
Apr 2013 - Dec 2015
Contributions:21 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 8 months
johncylee/wxr-parser
Jan 2014 - Jun 2015
Contributions:15 commits, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
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