Lynn Chen
Engineering Manager at Yelp
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolLynn Chen is an Engineering Manager based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering teams at Yelp. She brings hands-on expertise in JavaScript ecosystems (React, Redux, Angular, Node.js) and strong backend skills with MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL, frequently turning wireframes into real-time, production-ready features. Lynn has a track record of growing from individual contributor roles into management, blending technical mentorship with program delivery experience from prior roles at Sunrun and Recology. Comfortable across front-end, API integration, and database design, she emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to ship robust user experiences. Her background in biology from UCLA gives her a data-driven, analytical perspective that informs pragmatic decision-making and systems thinking. Known for balancing shipping velocity with code quality, she’s adept at scaling teams and architecture in consumer-facing products.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
lcbits/jobless
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:22 pushes in 11 days
lynnc24/recursion
Jul 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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