# Mohan Lu

> Software Engineer @ Italic

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mohanlu

Innovative full stack developer and AI technologist with 2+ years of experience delivering over 15 real-world platforms across e-commerce, media, and high-performance computing. Proven leader as CTO and co-founder of a 3D AI interior design platform, combining ML expertise (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Transformers, GANs) with scalable architecture to personalize and streamline user experiences. Skilled in backend optimization (Go, Spring Boot, GraphQL), real-time systems, and containerized deployments across AWS and GCP. Specializes in building intelligent recommendation engines, NLP-powered chatbots, and developer-centric tools that balance performance, privacy, and aesthetics.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Italic
Jan 2025 – Present | California, United States
• Led AI-powered social platform featuring image and music generation using Next.js and React with sub-2s generation times
• Engineered 40+ reusable component library with shadcn ui and Tailwind CSS, establishing patterns and accelerating development
• Migrated infrastructure from Railway to Supabase database and R2 storage with zero downtime, reducing operational costs
• Built REST APIs with Drizzle ORM for content and job management, implementing queue-based processing for scalable requests
• Optimized performance through React Server Components with streaming SSR, accelerating load times and cutting bundle size

### Software Engineer @ Aeyesafe
Jan 2025 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
• Architected distributed sensor ingestion system leveraging Python asyncio TCP client processing 20K daily readings from 200 facilities
• Configured fault-tolerant storage with SQLite buffering and AWS SQS queuing before MongoDB persistence, enhancing reliability
• Designed sliding window anomaly detection on MongoDB time-series aggregations, substantially minimizing false positive alerts
• Created priority-based alert routing through AWS SNS FIFO and Firebase FCM, significantly enhancing critical response times
• Established observability with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards and PagerDuty escalation for rapid incident response

### Chief Technology Officer - Entrepreneur @ FURNISHES
Jan 2023 – Present | Singapore
- Develop a customer-service website to offer design templates and personalize furniture recommendations based on customers’ budget preferences
- Develop a real-time updating system in Unity to simulate the muti-angle arrangement of furniture in the customized room, enabling customers to preview the design and layout

### HPC Assistant @ New York University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
- Provide consultations to user and user groups
- Evaluating new technologies both on-prem and in the cloud
- Scripting in Python or Bash
- Participating in HPC administrators, students and stakeholders group meetings

### HPC Lead @ New York University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Mentored students in High Performance Computing (HPC) concepts, focusing on parallel computing, benchmarking HPC systems, optimization
- Assisted professor in organizing academic courses, including scheduling and material preparation, academic research, literature reviews and data analysis, contributing to scholarly publications.

### HackNYU Tech Developer @ New York University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Directed redesign of HackNYU website using Next.js React and TypeScript, integrating MLH API for registration
• Optimized load performance through code splitting and lazy loading, implementing A/B tests to evaluate design variants
• Implemented mobile-responsive layouts with Tailwind CSS and Flexbox, ensuring cross-device consistent compatibility
• Coordinated with Google Labs and Major League Hacking to host nationwide hackathon with Google AI workshops

### Director of Programming @ New York University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Organized Club Leader meetings to delegate tasks and support their work, facilitated supplemental funding requests, promoted their achievements
- Orchestrated major events such as festivals, monthly gatherings, and club activities, fostering students’ engagement and strength the bonding-

### Full Stack Developer @ The RL Gant Group Inc.
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
• Implemented WebP image optimization and Intersection Observer API lazy loading, reducing load times across event pages
• Developed WCAG-compliant accessible interfaces using semantic HTML5, ARIA labels, and keyboard navigation support
• Built automated SFTP deployment script with pre-flight validation and error logging, reducing deployment errors and release time
• Configured Google Analytics event tracking on partner pages, analyzing user behavior to identify and resolve engagement bottlenecks

### Controls and DevOps Member @ NYU RoboMaster: Team Ultraviolet
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
• Built systemd orchestration initializing CAN interfaces, configuring PWM channels, and rebuilding Docker on startup
• Engineered CAN bridge encoding motor efforts into frames, decoding encoder/current/temperature telemetry from STM32
• Developed Kalman filter fusing IMU gyroscope with wheel encoder velocities, publishing odometry for Nav2 navigation
• Implemented cascade PID controllers for mecanum chassis velocity, gimbal angle stabilization, and heat-limited shooter
• Created vision auto-aim converting RealSense bounding boxes to angular errors using FOV geometry and dual PIDs

### Full Stack Developer @ Geaux Network
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
• Created personalized recommendation engine via Next.js and Firebase with collaborative filtering to increase content engagement
• Optimized React Native app with caching and adaptive bitrate streaming, substantially decreasing buffering in low-bandwidth regions
• Established WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility with ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, and captions for inclusive user experience
• Integrated Mixpanel analytics tracking engagement metrics and identifying UX friction points, significantly boosting user retention

### Back End Developer @ GBCS Group
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
• Developed internal mission tracking backend with Express.js, handling task assignments and 500+ daily operational changes
• Built GraphQL API with Apollo Server Express integration for mission system queries, reducing database calls via DataLoader
• Implemented JWT authentication for SkyIT account management, securing employee data with Prisma security policies
• Optimized backend PostgreSQL performance with indexing and Redis caching, reducing internal API latency by 75%

### Software Developer @ Cubenergy Technology
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
• Ledcross-variant MSP430 firmware migration, refactoring clock drivers, LPM modules, and ISRs while preserving timing characteristics
• Verified SPI, I2C, and UART peripheral communication protocols using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes for signal integrity analysis
• Debugged and resolved bus contention, FIFO overruns, and GPIO debouncing issues through hardware-level testing and analysis
• Developed register-map diff tools and automated linker audits with boundary-condition tests, standardizing the migration process
• Fixed memory alignment, bitfield packing, width, and signedness defects, verifying functional parity under peak-load conditions

### Embedded Software Engineer @ XINYI Technology co., ltd.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Pudong, Shanghai, China
- Developed a Serial Port Tester in Visual C++ to monitor the real-time data transmission process in the saved log 
- Simplified parameter configuration and customizing command sending process for host computer operators, facilitating troubleshooting efficiency

### Embedded Software Developer @ Cubenergy Technology
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Developed an automated disassembly programming in C by analyzing the BMS and PCS assembly files within CCS and verified the integrity of the generated C code matches the functionality of original assembly files in IDA
- Authored documentation and scripts to simplify the readability and utilization of the disassembly program for colleagues to enhance work efficiency

### TOEFL Teaching Assistant @ ANDOVER CENTER SHANGHAI
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Shanghai, China
- Assisted in monitoring students’ TOEFL learning and in-class performance  
- Collected feedback from students, offered students advices for improving their English language skills
Producer & Planner 
- Helped the company complete a corporate video for company promotion


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Game Design
New York University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
NYU Shanghai

### High School Diploma in Computer Science and Physics
Shanghai United International School


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29