Kewei Lu is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in distributed systems, Kafka-based Pub/Sub streaming, and machine learning infrastructure. Currently contributing to LinkedIn’s Kafka ecosystem, he previously built a company-wide self-service ML platform and core ML packages at GoDaddy. His background includes parallel and distributed research at The Ohio State University, where he implemented scalable MPI/C++ solutions for large-scale visualization and data mining—work that underpins his strong performance and systems design instincts. Comfortable across Python, C/C++, Node.js and cloud-native tooling (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm), he bridges research-grade algorithms and production-grade pipelines. Based in Los Angeles, he combines deep academic rigor with practical experience shipping resilient data and ML systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Wuhan University of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Science (M.S.) at The Ohio State University
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