Summary
Youlin Qu is a software engineer with five years of hands-on experience building scalable back-end systems and data pipelines, holding a BS in Computer Science and Data Science from UW–Madison and currently enrolled in a master’s program at Carnegie Mellon. They’ve driven measurable improvements—cutting deployment time by 90% with Docker/ECS workflows, boosting backend scalability by 200% with FastAPI services, and reducing ETL and testing overheads by ~90% across multiple startups. Comfortable across the full stack, Youlin combines React front-end work (retaining early users and increasing site visits) with robust MongoDB and Elasticsearch architectures that simplified schema migrations and monitoring. A proven team lead, they’ve managed Agile teams of five while shipping production automation and web-scraping ETL systems that handle millions of daily records. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, Youlin brings a creative, data-driven problem-solving style and a track record of turning prototype features into production value.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master's degree, Master's degree at Carnegie Mellon University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Thornton Academy