Summary
Michael Lu is a product-focused Staff Software Engineer with eight years of experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems across startups and global consultancies. He has led 0-1 product development that drove $150M in revenue, scaled internal data pipelines for real-time gaming clients, and helped deliver a trading proof-of-concept capable of 100k TPS. Equally comfortable in Rust backends and TypeScript frontends, he bridges complex infrastructure and intuitive product design while keeping the user problem central. Known for pragmatic, empathetic leadership, he has also standardized engineering practices at scale and automated cloud tooling to speed delivery. Based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Michael brings a musician’s sensibility for composition to systems architecture—favoring elegant, reliable solutions over technical showpieces.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Music, Bachelor's degree Music at University of South Carolina