# Melinda Lim

> Software Engineer

Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/melindalim1

I am a full stack software engineer with a passion for problem-solving and tinkering. I am proficient in the Ruby and Javascript ecosystems, with experience in Go, Python and AWS. I co-created Gander, an open-source drop-in solution for automating "review app" deployments with every pull request.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Adobe
Jan 2022 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Abstract
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

### Co-Creator and Software Engineer @ Gander Framework
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
• Created a solution for automating the deployment of ephemeral preview applications on a pull request utilizing JavaScript, NodeJS, GitHub Actions and AWS
• Guided foundational decisions for a serverless, self-hosted architecture that shaped Gander's product, lowered operational costs, reduced maintenance needs, and created a better experience for users
• Designed AWS infrastructure, researching and evaluating tradeoffs with respect to ECS serverless solutions, using Amazon's Elastic File System, and public vs. private subnets
• Led CLI implementation to automate the creation and modification of AWS infrastructure
• Researched and evaluated technologies to simplify user experience such as Docker and Cloud Native Buildpacks
• Authored case study exploring design decisions and challenges: https://gander-framework.github.io/

### Full Stack Developer @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Personal projects:
• Moments: An activity and mood tracker built with React and Ruby on Rails, for PostgreSQL
• RequestTub: React/Express clone of RequestBin.com, built for PostgreSQL and using Socket.IO
• Cello Task Manager: A kanban board application built with React, Redux, ExpressJS and MongoDB
• Todo App: A todo tracker SPA built with NodeJS, Express, JavaScript, JQuery, Handlebars, HTML and CSS

### Software Engineer @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
• Developed and maintained autograding software written in Python, critical to the CS department operations 
• Oversaw and managed the rewrite of core modules to increase feature set and long term maintainability
• Led documentation efforts that resulted in faster on-boarding for new professors and engineers


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematical and Computational Biology
Harvey Mudd College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/melinda-h-l-lim
- Portfolio: https://mhlim.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31