Kian Lim
Software Architect at Apple
Kirkland, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKian Lim is a software architect with over 15 years designing and scaling full-stack web applications and distributed systems for startups through to tech giants like Apple, Uber and ByteDance/TikTok. He’s proven at leading migrations and org-wide architecture programs—having driven microservices re-architecture at Wish, multi–data-center expansion for TikTok Live, and flagship platform builds at Uber—while navigating two IPOs. Technically polyglot across JavaScript/Node.js, Go, Java, C#, and Python, he prefers being framework-agnostic and selecting the right tool for the job. Kian pairs hands-on engineering with engineering-excellence practices—improving on-call, testing, and design-review cultures wherever he leads. Based in Kirkland, WA, he brings a mix of startup-first-engineer grit and enterprise-scale architecture experience, plus a track record of measurably improving consistency, reliability, and business metrics.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Completion, Certificate of Completion at Harvard Business School Executive EducationMaster’s Degree Engineering Science, Master’s Degree Engineering Science at Multimedia University
English, Chinese, MalayGithub contributions (1)
limkianyong/JQuery-Email-DeObfuscator
May 2011 - Sep 2012
Contributions:15 commits in 1 year 5 months
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