Shinn Lok
Engineering Leader, R&D Tax Credits at Gusto
Brea, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShinn Lok is an engineering leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling software teams, currently leading R&D Tax Credits engineering at Gusto after Ardius was acquired. He combines hands-on software and test-automation experience—evidenced by contributions to Mattermost’s Cypress E2E test suite—with a proven track record of managing analytics, core infrastructure, and enterprise sync products at Liferay. Known for turning complex tax and compliance problems into automated, production-ready solutions, he blends technical depth with cross-functional product leadership. Based in Brea, CA, he emphasizes process efficiency and measurable outcomes while mentoring high-performing teams. Shinn’s background in computer engineering gives him a pragmatic systems perspective that helps bridge infrastructure, data, and user-facing concerns.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Cal Poly Pomona
Github Skills (10)
mattermost10
e2e-testing10
javascript10
cypress10
test-automation10
e2e-test10
shortcuts9
keyboard-shortcuts9
githubaction-workflow5
github-ci5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mattermost/mattermost-webapp
Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
Archived web app of Mattermost. Moved to the monorepo: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 11 months
Contributions summary:Shinn contributed significantly to the automated testing framework of the Mattermost web application. Their work focused on creating and updating end-to-end (E2E) tests using Cypress, specifically targeting desktop notifications, keyboard shortcuts, and channel interactions. The user's contributions ensured the reliability and functionality of core user interface elements, demonstrating expertise in test automation methodologies. The commits consistently involved writing, modifying, and maintaining E2E tests.
webapphttps-servermattermostmattermost-server
mikemanyoung/liferay-portal
Jan 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:228 PRs, 49 comments in 3 years 2 months
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