# Annette Lin

> Software Engineer at IBM

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/annettelin

Software Engineer experienced in developing full-stack JavaScript applications with an emphasis on backend infrastructure. Co-creator of PreVue, a GitHub trending repository. Recently talked at Build with Code NYC about scaling containers with Kubernetes.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer, Backend @ IBM
Jan 2019 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area
- Co-leading development of AI content governance pipeline to audit and prepare enterprise data for AI readiness and agentic workflows
• Led key architectural initiatives for improvements in batch job process, reducing processing time by 4x pre migration benchmark post-launch
• Mentored new engineers providing backend engineering leadership and co-founded study group to promote continuous learning
• Executed unit testing strategy across team projects resulting in 80% code coverage for all services

### Software Engineer @ Codesmith
Jan 2019 – Present | Greater New York City Area
•	Architected platform features using React, following front-end module design best practices to reduce code redundancy
•	Used SASS to style responsive React components for all screen sizes, leveraging React’s conditional rendering techniques and imports to create a consistent and streamlined application UI, improving user experience
•	Incorporated Redux to manage application content stored in YAML files, configuring dispatchers to allow for the dynamic generation of UI components, allowing marketing team to make content updates, and maintaining a centralized source of truth for application state

### Software Engineer @ PreVue
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
• Leveraged Electron's Node.js non-blocking I/O model via Electron to process and generate Vue code to users’ files system 
•	Used Vue’s progressive framework and component-based architecture to build a single page prototyping application, resulting in a modularized codebase and controlled component re-rendering
•	Used Vuex to handle state-management, establishing a centralized store of application state, reducing prop-drilling by creating a universal source of truth for application state
•	Implemented Travis CI for continuous integration, leveraging the light-weight set up and instantaneous feedback to streamline development process and enforce code integrity
•	Configured AWS S3 for hosting, ensuring high availability via Amazon’s SLA and scalability by deploying updates with electron-builder

### Software Engineer | Stylish @ Open Source
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
•	Used React’s component-based architecture to create reusable components and reduce code redundancy for application scalability
•	Used Express.js to support MVC pattern via implementing controllers to manage user information and handle parsing for inputted CSS  
•	Used React D3 Tree to visually render styled-components’ hierarchy, allowing developers to see scoped styles and reduce styles leaking
•	Wrote unit tests in Jest to verify consistent application behavior with shallow rendering and snapshot testing to confirm correct DOM behavior with rendered components
•	Implemented JWT’s stateless authentication, reducing unnecessary server calls and persisted user session via storing client token in Redis 
•	Used Docker for successful scalability by containerizing application for computing resource efficiency, process isolation, and portability

### Software Engineer | Dockerize it @ Open Source
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
• Leveraged the Node file system module and its asynchronous non-blocking performance to generate Dockerfiles configured based on development environment
• Executed Docker build commands via Node child process to create Docker images, successfully automating containerizing applications for portability and availability

### Teaching Assistant @ Girls Who Code
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
•	Taught computer science concepts (abstraction, debugging, data structures/algorithms) and web development fundamentals in JavaScript, Python, HTML and CSS
•	Developed instructional and supplemental content to reinforce taught concepts using Scratch, Arduino, jQuery, Matplotlib for student project demonstrations and coding challenges
•	Oversaw capstone projects and advised students in software design best practices, testing, implementation and deployment

### CRM Solutions Technical Specialist | Account Executive @ HEBS Digital
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
•	Wrote custom scripts using Serenata programming language to automate updating process for CRM templates, reducing tickets and improving task turnaround
•	Used TortoiseSVN Apache Subversion for an intuitive version control system, leveraging immutable revision history and monolithic version control system for simplified development workflow
•	Performed software audit and functional testing to evaluate current capabilities and future integration opportunities
•	Oversaw entire development process for client website production projects, including design review, quality assurance testing, content management system (CMS) updates, and launch


## Education
### B.S in Hospitality Management in Marketing and Revenue Management
New York University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Graduate Certificate in Computer Software Engineering
Harvard Extension School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alin10

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Source: https://flows.cv/annettelin
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/annettelin/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-23