Lucas Lin
Software Engineer at Canva
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolLucas Lin is a software engineer based in Sydney with eight years of hands-on experience building frontend systems, currently contributing at Canva after prior roles at Matrix AI. Comfortable across JavaScript/TypeScript, Nix, Python, C++, and Java, he pairs practical engineering with clear communication—having tutored at the University of Sydney and coached students earlier in his career. A final-year Software Engineering and Commerce student, he balances academic rigor with product-facing work and a knack for performance-focused front-end development. Outside of code he designs and builds custom PCs, performs as a pianist, and boxes, reflecting a blend of technical craft, creativity, and discipline that informs his approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
HSC Certificate, HSC Certificate at Sefton High SchoolThe University of Sydney
Github Skills (36)
authentication10
linux10
core-library9
pgp9
nix9
end-to-end-encryption9
secrets9
nixos9
authorization9
keyserver9
zero-trust9
p2p8
nixpkgs8
cryptocurrency8
password-generator7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DrFacepalm/Knife-chan
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:40 pushes, 3 branches in 15 days
DrFacepalm/nixpkgs
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Nix Packages collection
Contributions:14 pushes in 2 days
nixosnix-packages
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