# Jeff (Ming-Chun) Lu

> Software Engineer iOS @ TikTok

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jeffmingchunlu

• 5+ years experience in iOS development
• 3+ years research experience in continuous optimization and machine learning
• Familiar with Python/Swift/Objective-C/SQL/PHP/C++ 

Graduated from Cornell Tech major in Computer Science. My specialization and research experience focused on machine learning, continuous optimization and iOS development.

## Work Experience
### Software engineer II @ TikTok
Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States
Music and Audio (iOS)

### Software Engineer iOS @ TikTok
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States
Video Creation and Effects

### Co-Founder & CTO @ Nani Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
• Built a new iOS app from scratch in Swift, which allows users to do posting, searching posts, filtering posts, writing reviews and chatting in real-time text. 
• Designed and implemented database and notification service using Firebase and reduced download cost using Caching and Fan Out technique. 
• Advanced to final round of the Cornell Tech Startup Award competition.

### Private @ ROC Army (Taiwan)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Hsinchu City, Taiwan, Taiwan
Mandatory military service in the 206th Infantry Brigade.

### Course System Software Full Stack Developer @ National Taiwan University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Taipei City, Taiwan
- Completed entire development process for NTU CEIBA App (course manage system) on iOS with Swift, including designing UI, implementation of front-end tool Xcode, developing notification service using Firebase and releasing on App Store.
- Built 12 corresponding APIs with PHP and SQL.
- Earned an average 4.7-star rating based on 127 user comments on the App Store.

### Software Developer Intern @ Yahoo
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Taipei City, Taiwan
- Developed chatbot feature on Yahoo News in Objective-C on iOS and gained nearly one hundred 5-star rating comments from initial users on App Store.
- Collaborated with software engineers at Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale to develop the Kaleidoscope App in Objective-C on iOS, which allowed users to live stream simultaneously on multiple platforms.
- Advanced to final round of the intern competition by completing the chatbot feature and Kaleidoscope app.
- Implemented Scrum agile software development.


## Education
### Master of Engineering - MEng in Computer Science
Cornell Tech

### Master of Engineering - MEng in Computer Science
Cornell University

### Master of Science - MS in Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical Engineering
National Taiwan University

### Summer session
University of California, Berkeley


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29