About

Lianne Achilles is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer at Udemy, the largest marketplace for online learning with 20 million students and 30,000 instructors. As a member of the backend engineering team, Lianne is responsible for building infrastructure and microservices that enable Udemy's asset pipeline, from the moment of upload, transcoding, and finally the user experience streaming the video. With over 15 years of relevant experience, Lianne has a strong background in software engineering, AWS, backend development, microservices, infrastructure, and machine learning. She has a proven track record of success in her field, having developed and led the production deployment of Udemy's in-house encoding cluster, building out an auto-scalable, production-ready service in AWS using ffmpeg, which displaced a former vendor and reduced video transcoding time by 90%. Prior to her role at Udemy, Lianne held various leadership positions in notable companies such as Boomtrain and Bluenose Analytics. As the Director of Customer Success at Boomtrain, she leveraged her expertise in machine learning to drive increased clicks, engagement, and revenue through personalized notifications. At Bluenose Analytics, Lianne served as the Director of Product, where she empowered SaaS businesses to proactively manage customers through complete visibility, a robust early warning system, and built-in playbooks. Lianne holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bentley University and completed a Software Engineering Fellowship at Hackbright Academy. She also attended The American School in Japan for her high school education. Lianne's technical skills and leadership experience make her a valuable asset to any organization, and she is always eager to take on new challenges in the field of software engineering.