# Dizhen Lyu > Principal Software Engineer at Glidewell Laboratories Location: Pasadena, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/dizhen Ten years of full‑stack software development experience, including five years in engineering leadership. Proven track record of delivering mission‑critical internal tools for Manufacturing, ERP and CRM systems. Founding team of a fintech startup, with end‑to‑end expertise across the consumer‑credit lifecycle—underwriting, origination, servicing, portfolio management, collections, and reporting. Deep familiarity with industry‑leading FinTech APIs and SDKs. > Tech Stack: Node, React, AWS, Express, TypeScript, Angular, Next.js, Swagger, Docker ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ Glidewell Dental Jan 2025 – Present | Irvine, CA • Architected cloud-native microservices using Scala, Java, and TypeScript for a comprehensive dental manufacturing platform. • Developed AI-powered data solutions with Snowflake Intelligence, enhancing automation in data and manufacturing operations. • Designed serverless data pipelines and dashboards for real-time analytics, improving operational visibility and efficiency. ### Principal Software Engineer @ Glidewell Dental Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Irvine, CA • Led the design and implementation of Glidewell’s advanced software solutions, enhancing business operations. • Spearheaded the digital transformation of the legacy lab management system, integrating multiple processes into one platform. • Committed to driving innovative projects from concept to deployment, ensuring scalability and security. ### Lead Software Engineer @ Cheese Financial Inc Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Pasadena, California, United States Lead a small-size tech team to build a new Neobank product from the ground up. The scope includes native iOS/Android App, backend Node.js with TS architecture, Serverless services to handle events/requests from FinTech APIs, AWS DynamoDB and RDS for storing sensitive data, Jenkins and Github Actions for CI/CD purposes, monitoring and reporting with AWS Cloudwatch, and coaching fellow engineers for better coding standards. > Build backend API gateway and microservices with Node.js, express and TypeScript > Develop object oriented code with Typescript with inversion of control supported by InversifyJS > Architect frontend iOS application with Swift 5, SwiftUI and Combine > Write notification module with OneSignal, and deeplink module with Branch.io > Implement native localization code that supports seamless transition between different languages > Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices with Jest, ESLint and Prettier > Setup database with domain driven design and host database on Amazon Relational Database Service > Create internal admin portal with React, Redux, and Node.js > Lead continuous Integration and continuous delivery practices with Snyk, Github Actions, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes > Manage project scope and tasks with JIRA and troubleshoot production applications with Errbit, Firebase and Crashlytics ### Senior Software Engineer @ RentReporters Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Pasadena, California, United States > Build & maintain micro-services with Node, Express, Swagger, SocketIO and RabbitMQ > Monitor & report production applications/servers/networks error/exceptions with Airbrake, Errbit and Zabbix > Automate application infrastructure including deployment and configuration management with Ansible and Docker > Build CI/CD Pipelines & Jobs with Bamboo RentReporters is changing the way that credit scores are calculated for the more than 100 million renters in the United States. We work with both renters with no or low credit scores, as well as those who already have good or excellent scores. We help them build their credit scores simply by automatically reporting monthly rent payments to major credit bureaus. ### Software Engineer @ RentReporters Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area > Developed frontend apps with AngularJS and cross-browser responsive HTML5/CSS3 > Built backend services on NodeJS that integrates with Plaid, Recurly and Salesforce. > Wrote unit tests with Jasmine/mocha and end-to-end tests with Protractor. > Managed staging and production Devops with Docker, snyk and Bamboo. > Buit/Managed company WordPress site with PHP and Gulp. ### Full Stack Web Engineer @ HigherUp LLC Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 > Perform end-to-end testing with Protractor and unit testing with Karma for Angular app > Remodel legacy db with event sourcing and CQRS in Node & Express > Develop angular and react application with semantic HTML and Sass > Create public api with hapi and Swagger.io ### Tech Lead of USC John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts @ USC School of Cinematic Arts Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 > Maintain and develop the main website of USC John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts; > Design and Lead new web projects for USC Hench DADA ### Teaching Assistant of Web Coding in Media Art & Practice Division of SCA @ USC School of Cinematic Arts Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 > Give software tutorials to the students in IML 400 - Creative Coding for the Web > Grade/Debug homework and troubleshot any problems from students > Install and maintain the settings of digital equipment in the Gallery of SCA ### Full Stack Developer Intern @ Internet Brands Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 > Work based in scrum for ModelMayhem.com, which attracts estimated 7 million visits per month. > Handling front-end applications on profiles and payments with angular.js on both desktop and mobile web platform ### Software Engineer Intern @ Hype Well Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 > Developed over 20 responsive websites for famous B2C customers, such as Din-Tai-Fung, 85c Bakery, and Capital Seafood Restaurant. > Published over 10 high-quality websites in two weeks. > Built and maintained company’s customer relationship management system and content management system. ## Education ### Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science University of Southern California Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science; Digital Studies University of Southern California Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ### Suzhou High School Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dizhenlyu - Website: https://dizhenlyu.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/dizhen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/dizhen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29