About

Yao Lu is a seasoned and focused Senior Engineering Manager with a comprehensive experience of 9 years in building reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient products. With his solid experience in managing complex projects, driving product roadmap, and nurturing high-performance teams, Yao has become a trusted leader in his field. Passionate about mentoring and grooming team members, he helps them achieve their career goals. Yao has a deep understanding and strong competence in system design and architecture, making him a valuable asset to any team. His technical expertise includes Java, NodeJS, REST, GraphQL, Spring, AWS, Cassandra, Espresso, Kafka, Samza, Lucene, MapReduce, Elastic Search, Kubernetes, Serverless, and ELK. Currently, Yao is serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Box, where he is responsible for managing complex projects and leading high-performance teams. Prior to Box, Yao worked at Lyft as an Engineering Manager, where he led the Simulation Platform team and built a Lyft version of Westworld with simulated drivers and riders. Before Lyft, he worked at LinkedIn as a Staff Software Engineer, where he built a content platform that manages User Generated Content (UGC) for over 500 million professionals across the world. Some of his major projects include the launch of native video on LinkedIn and GDPR compliance for all user-generated content. Yao holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Tsinghua University and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of San Francisco. He has also gained extensive experience in Senior Software Engineering, AWS, MapReduce, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Elastic Search, Kafka, Spring, Search, NodeJS, Java, and Software Engineering, making him a well-rounded professional. With 12.20 years of relevant experience, Yao is a highly skilled and motivated individual who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow. His dedication to his work, coupled with his technical expertise and leadership skills, make him an invaluable asset to any organization.