Justine Lam
Senior Software Engineer at OpenTable
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJustine Lam is a product-focused Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building user-centric web applications across the full stack, from React/TypeScript front ends to Node.js and C# microservices. At OpenTable she led internationalization for Experiences, spearheaded repo migrations, and launched the company’s first AWS Lambda service to handle image resizing—work that directly improved global reach and operational efficiency. She pairs a strong engineering craft (testing, scalable APIs, localization) with online marketing instincts, having driven major SEO and campaign projects that boosted traffic and conversions at previous roles. Justine is valued for empathy-driven product decisions, measurable OKR alignment, and a knack for automations that cut repetitive engineering work from hours to minutes. Outside of product work she has organized tech meetups and mentored junior engineers, blending community building with hands-on delivery. Her background in international development and language studies gives her a practical global perspective that informs localization and accessibility efforts.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts International Development Studies, Bachelor of Arts International Development Studies at University of California, BerkeleyChinese Language Chinese Legal Studies, Chinese Language Chinese Legal Studies at Beijing Normal UniversityGraduate Studies Program, Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (37)
jest-mock10
deterministic7
clarity7
uswds6
react5
jekyll-theme5
wordpress-plugin5
jekyll5
haml5
testing5
design-tokens5
javascript5
accessibility5
apply4
yaml4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
18mr/votervox
Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:220 commits, 145 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
justinelam/teamsharing
May 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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