Kevin Lu
Senior Software Engineer at PayPal
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Lu is a Senior Software Engineer in Chicago with 11 years of experience building full-stack web applications that prioritize product satisfaction and maintainable solutions. With a BA in Economics and formal training from App Academy, he blends analytical rigor with pragmatic engineering across JavaScript, React/Redux, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL and GraphQL. He has shipped features at scale for payments platforms including Braintree and PayPal and previously strengthened product delivery at startups like LoadUp and Shadow Health. Kevin is comfortable bridging product and code—designing feature-rich UIs while keeping backend data integrity and performance in mind. His background in hospitality and university administration hints at strong process orientation and user-focused communication that inform how he scopes and ships work. Colleagues rely on him for clear trade-off decisions and steady execution on complex web stacks.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics at University of FloridaFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at App Academy
Github Skills (76)
docker-compose10
points9
golang9
voronoi9
docker-image9
docker9
kind8
delaunay-triangulation8
compose8
orchestration8
delaunay8
vim8
rspec8
jenkins-plugin8
double8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pcorliss/buildtree
Aug 2015 - Mar 2020
Buildtree - Docker based CI
Contributions:5 PRs, 1 comment in 4 years 7 months
continuous-deploymentbuildkitdockerci-cdcd
kcboschert/twitterbutfordogs
Mar 2016 - Jan 2021
It's a lot like Twitter, but for Dogs.
Contributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 4 years 11 months
lottwitter-liketwitter
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