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COMMANDER PROFILE

DESIGNATION
David Lin
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UEF // Software Division
CLEARANCE
LEVEL 5

From silicon to SaaS — I build software that matters. Software engineer with deep roots in systems engineering and a track record of shipping products that change business metrics. At Fitch Solutions, rebuilt search infrastructure saving $300k/yr. At Estée Lauder, cut response time by 97% and briefed the Global Brand President.

Beyond the professional battlefield: implemented a Linux kernel, designed custom CPU architectures, and verified RISC-V processors. The mission never ends.

Backend
Systems
AI/LLM
Frontend
◆ MISSION LOGS ◆

CAMPAIGN HISTORY

Fitch Solutions

Software Engineer II

Fitch Solutions
◆ Jan 2024 - Jan 2026
  • Rebuilt existing search backend with ElasticSearch, consolidating two separate backends to one after company merger.
  • Reduced backend maintenance by 80% and licensing cost by $300k/yr.
  • Redesigned and implemented new search-pagination API for our highest value clients.
  • Assumed Release Coordinator role for globally deployed suite of microservices underpinning core platform.
Estee Lauder Companies

Software Engineer Intern

Estee Lauder Companies
◆ Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
  • Developed a customer experience chatbot to replace existing Live Chat which drives 5% of ecommerce sales.
  • Improved average response time from 90 seconds to under 2 seconds which quadrupled chat traffic.
  • Presented directly to the Global Brand President, after receiving unprecedented approval from both our immediate manager and senior management—a first for any intern initiative.
Oppo (OnePlus)

Software Engineer Intern

Oppo (OnePlus)
◆ Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
  • Spearheaded an intern team to develop a demo AR chat app for prototype holographic glasses developed overseas.
  • Ported and set up hardware-accelerated cross-compiling of existing cpp codebase for new prototype hardware.
  • Developed a high efficiency low-latency media streaming pipeline optimized for live online user interactions.
Potions and Pixels

Contract Software Engineer

Potions and Pixels
◆ Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
  • Developed an advanced AR experience using Unity Engine and C# with ARFoundation, allowing users at specific locations, such as street corners, to interact with realistic Augmented Reality representations of historical structures and artifacts blended into their real-world surroundings.
  • Secured $55k contract with demo, documented and designed the source code as the basis for final product.
◆ DEPLOYED ASSETS ◆

UNIT DATABASE

Options Trading Bot

Options Trading Bot

Real-time quantitative options trading bot built on the QuantConnect platform. Used for backtesting and live paper trading my proprietary options valuation framework.

#options#quantconnect#quant
Cherry

Cherry

Web application that enables users to easily search for courses offered at UIUC.

#react#python#flask
ChannelAdder

ChannelAdder

A tensorflow program which attempts to upmix stereo sound into 5.1 surround sound.

#python#tensorflow#ML
Ebay UMLC

Ebay UMLC

eBay 2022 University Machine Learning Competition, placing top 10 with a 90% NER accuracy.

#python#SpaCy#NER
CrashModeArchitecture

CrashModeArchitecture

A buggy architecture which has its own programming and assembly language including an assembler, disassembler, compiler, and emulator.

#C##asm#programming-languages
Linux Kernel

Linux Kernel

Supported memory paging, i8259 PIC interrupt handling, exception handling, keyboard input buffer, in memory read-only filesystem, round-robin scheduling based on Programmable Interrupt Timer with multiple tele-terminals.

#linux#systems-engineering#terminal
LC-3 in SystemVerilog

LC-3 in SystemVerilog

Created a fully functional LC-3 Computer in SystemVerilog, which is an instruction set supported by gcc.

#computer-engineering#systems-engineering#system-verilog
RISC-V Processor Verification

RISC-V Processor Verification

Wrote full instruction verification and cross-validation test bench for a RISC-V processor in system verilog.

#computer-engineering#systems-engineering#system-verilog
◆ TECH TIER ◆

RESEARCH TREE

HTML 5
CSS 3
JavaScript
TypeScript
React JS
Redux Toolkit
Tailwind CSS
Node JS
MongoDB
Three JS
git
figma
docker
◆ OPEN CHANNEL ◆

TRANSMISSION TERMINAL

SIGNAL STRENGTH: OPTIMAL  |  ENCRYPTION: ACTIVE

Whether you're building something ambitious, looking for a senior engineer, or want to discuss the merits of Bun over Node.js — open a channel.

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