Summary
Michelle Lee is a software engineer based in New York with nine years of experience building reliable, observable infrastructure and developer-facing tooling. Currently at Datadog and formerly at Google, she has driven service mesh product roadmap and designed lifecycle management and multi-zone failover features that enabled zero-downtime upgrades and disaster recovery. She pairs systems-level engineering (Envoy, Istio, service mesh) with hands-on product delivery, onboarding and cross-team collaboration, and has a track record of shipping practical integrations and SDKs. Outside core engineering she teaches programming, mentors teammates, and applies a research-minded curiosity to neurology and networking. Her background spans startups to large cloud platforms and includes measurable product impact—like simplifying user flows to boost engagement and designing tooling that improves operator experience. Growing slowly on GitHub, she blends steady learning with consistent, production-grade contributions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Minerva University
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
Foundation degree Accounting, Foundation degree Accounting at Sunway College
English, Chinese, Malay