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Andy Lu

About Me

I am a dedicated software engineer with expertise in developing scalable backend infrastructures and deploying large-scale applications on cloud services. With experience driving projects at both a large tech company like Amazon and a fast-paced startup like Genies, I have a proven track record of delivering successful projects from ideation to implementation. If you would like to connect and collaborate, feel free to reach out to me at my email alu416@gmail.com.

Services I Offer

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Experience

Genies, Inc

Software Development Engineer II, 2022-present
  • Led and developed the backend APIs for the Genies Studio mobile app, the flagship product of the company with over 10k+ users.
  • Implemented data modeling for the backend database and API using API Gateway, Lambdas, DynamoDB, Cloudwatch, and Datadog monitoring tools which led to a 90% reduction in API latency and a 33% overall improvement in app performance.
  • Successfully delivered a notification system API on AWS for Genies, boosting user acquisition by 25% through the integration of AppSync, Lambdas, and SQS.

Amazon Web Services

Software Development Engineer II, 2019-2022
  • Led the effort to implement automation solutions for gathering audit related evidence resulting in 1000+ man hours saved for audit PMs within the AWS Security Assurance Organization.
  • Automated 50% of all manually collected evidence used in previous AWS audits like PCI, SOC, HIPAA in 2019 with the eventual goal of creating a one click audit system within AWS.
  • Tech lead of the redaction platform project, leveraging AWS ML services to categorize and redact documents which contain sensitive information during the audit workflow.

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. in Computer Science
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