Sam Lyu
Software Engineer at Meta
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolSam Lyu is a software engineer with 10 years of experience, currently leading engineering efforts in Meta’s Llama research data foundation and privacy infrastructure for Family Center. He brings a pragmatic full-stack skill set (Python, Node.js, C++) and a track record of owning end-to-end projects from design through maintenance, mentoring junior engineers along the way. Prior roles include delivering standalone, production-ready systems at Stratifyd and fast-paced audit work early in his career, reflecting strong product and process sensibilities. His academic background spans finance and business analytics, which informs a data-driven approach to engineering decisions and stakeholder communication. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sam blends research-adjacent LLM data work with practical infra delivery, making him effective at translating experimental models into maintainable pipelines. A detail that stands out: he moved from finance-focused studies into hands-on ML data engineering, showing adaptability and a cross-disciplinary perspective.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Finance, General, (3.70/4.0), Bachelor's degree, Finance, General, (3.70/4.0) at Shanghai Institute of Foreign TradeMaster's degree, Business Analytics and Project Management, Master's degree, Business Analytics and Project Management at University of ConnecticutBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Financial services, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Financial services at Douglas College
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (21)
node-module10
testing10
chromium10
chrome-extension10
automation10
firefox10
api10
chrome10
nodejs10
developer-tools10
js-api10
javascript9
nike9
minecraft8
ubuntu7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
senlyu/hexoBlog
Nov 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:36 PRs, 97 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 2 months
senlyu/project_eg
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:10 PRs, 73 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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