Pengkui Luo
SDE 3 To MTS 1, Backend Software Engineer at eBay
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolPengkui Luo is a seasoned backend software engineer with 13 years of experience, currently an SDE3 transitioning to MTS1 at eBay in San Jose, known for building high-performance, secure distributed systems using Java and Python. He brings a rare blend of deep systems knowledge—TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, BGP—and practical expertise across Kotlin, Scala, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, C, and both relational and NoSQL databases. His background in machine learning, data mining, and scientific computing (NumPy/SciPy) complements a track record of analytics work on large-scale Internet and social media data, including a patent-backed internship project on DNS-based anomaly detection. At Groupon he delivered SEO-friendly, server-side rendered web apps and backend REST services that improved customer funnels, while his open-source contributions include clarifying and updating the widely used realpython/python-guide documentation. A self-motivated troubleshooter and collaborative engineer, he combines research-driven rigor from his MS at University of Minnesota with hands-on production impact.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin CitiesBachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Software, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Software at Tsinghua University
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Github Skills (9)
textbook10
guideline10
docbook10
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python10
storybook10
documentation10
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
realpython/python-guide
Nov 2012 - Nov 2013
Python best practices guidebook, written for humans.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Pengkui primarily focused on updating and correcting documentation within the repository. Their commits involve modifications to various `.rst` files, addressing typos, and incorporating information about different Python versions and implementations like PyPy. The user also updated documentation related to Python installation on Windows and provided code examples and explanations for environment setup. The overall contribution centered on improving the clarity, accuracy, and completeness of the Python guide.
guidebookpythonkennethreitzrequirements-managementfor-humans
1quant/backtrader
Feb 2019 - Jun 2021
Python Backtesting library for trading strategies
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 4 months
stock-marketpythonalgorithmic-tradingtrading-botbacktesting-trading-strategies
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