Lu Li
Staff Software Engineer at Meta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLu Li is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of experience building large-scale backend systems and AI-driven platforms. With a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a research background in probabilistic reasoning and communication theory, Lu brings rigorous mathematical thinking to production engineering. At Uber, they led the evolution of a global menu platform serving millions of items and progressed through roles focused on distributed systems and ML deployment; they now build at Meta on systems-level challenges. Their technical footprint spans Go, Python, C++, gRPC/Protobuf, Kafka, Pinot, Kubernetes, and modern LLM tooling like LangChain and Pinecone, enabling scalable real-time services and AI integrations. Known for translating research-grade algorithms into operational services, Lu combines deep theory with hands-on implementation and observability practices. An uncommon strength is their track record of moving from foundational research in belief propagation and coding theory to shipping resilient, large-scale production systems.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of DelawareMaster of Engineering Control Science and Engineering, Master of Engineering Control Science and Engineering at Beijing Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electrical Engineering and Automation at Hefei University of Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (17)
cli9
shell9
zsh8
php8
storm-topology7
rails7
bash7
python7
docker7
macos7
homebrew6
cli-app6
oh-my-zsh6
spice5
storm4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
llraphael/Storm-AutoRebalance
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 4 months
performacerebalancestorm-topologycapacitytopology
llraphael/llraphael.github.io
Dec 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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