Shawn Lyu
Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Lyu is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and optimizing large-scale backend systems at Amazon and Pinterest to support millions of users. He combines hands-on system design and performance tuning with product-focused delivery, routinely identifying and fixing critical bottlenecks to improve reliability and scalability. A founder of DeepHome AI, he translates AI research into customer-facing, revenue-generating products, and as an interviewing.io mentor and LeetCode contributor he actively cultivates the next generation of engineers. His background spans bioinformatics and web platforms, reflecting a rare mix of domain breadth—from molecular data pipelines to high-throughput consumer services—and a track record of shipping production-grade systems. Based in Toronto, he pairs MSc-level technical training with practical leadership in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC), Master's degree Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC) at University of TorontoBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong
Github Skills (21)
quantile9
docker-compose8
normalization8
docker-image7
golang7
matrix7
docker7
go5
python5
hand-tracking5
container4
pose4
depth-camera4
orchestration4
face-detection3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ShawnLYU/T4U
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:188 commits, 14 PRs, 46 pushes in 23 days
ShawnLYU/Quantile_Normalize
Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
This function implements quantile normalization in python matrix
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
pythonmatrixnormalizationquantile
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