# Steven Lu

> Command Line Junkie

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/stevenlu

I have full stack software expertise. This covers, In no particular order:

Web application engineering (React, Redux, TypeScript, ES7, HTML5, Node.js, PHP, Apache, etc.)
Systems administration, deployment, and automation (AWS and general devops)
Native application design and engineering (mobile, workstation, and embedded) (C & C++)
Graphics programming (OpenGL & WebGL)
Network programming
Network security (Linux in particular)
Database administration (MySQL, Oracle, SQLite, etc.)
Systems architecture
Systems engineering
Security engineering
Robotics with a focus on aerial and ground-based platforms
Image processing and computer vision

Areas under research include:
Rust
Vulkan
Elixir

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Invisible AI
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Infra/Platform Engineering

- DevOps and automation
- Containerization with Docker for Nvidia devices
- Hardware QA process automation
- CI/CD with Jenkins and GitLab
- Grafana/Prometheus for monitoring
- C++, Shell, Python, JavaScript

### Senior Robotics Engineer @ Realtime Robotics, Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
In rough chronological order:

- Optimized and maintained robot vision calibration Qt C++ application (e.g. OpenGL error reporting infrastructure)
- Designed and implemented integration test automation framework that facilitates arbitrary process management and configured with YAML
- Used OpenCL 1.2 to implement GPU hardware acceleration of generalized mesh voxelization integrated into core products
- Created learning material around GPU programming fundamentals
- Implemented and maintained React/Redux web application using TypeScript and Tailwind which implements high fidelity 3D visualization using react-three-fiber
- Implemented architecture for efficient real-time streaming of volumetric data in web application interface with websockets

### Solutions Architect / Software and Systems Architect @ 5x5 Technologies
Jan 2013 – Jan 2019
- Designed and implemented a unified web application platform that incorporates a video player, image tile viewer, and 3D model viewer in an integrated CAD environment that supports measurement, analysis, and reporting built on simple AWS backend (EC2/S3, Node): data ingestion automation with photogrammetry system integration, 3D model and metadata manipulation and processing; georegistration and mapping, automatic image processing and analysis, e.g. blur estimation
- Designed and implemented drone flight data recorder platform: multiple hardware revisions: I2C OLED display, simple menu user interface high speed serial communication with flight controller, dynamic camera shutter control via realtime RTK GPS feedback, automatic OTA software update
- Designed and implemented drone aircraft anti-collision platform prototype: Raspberry Pi embedded Linux, GPS, IMU, barometer, ADS-B, telemetry radio
- Designed and implemented ground control station monitoring software system: dynamic map including aircraft tracking, 3D IMU view, airspace/TFR condition interface, flight log recording/playback/analysis tools built-in, operations management control station interface prototype
- Designed and implemented computer vision target tracking prototype system
- Built extended capabilities in PixHawk flight controller system (NuttX RTOS in C)

### Developer @ Tulip Interfaces
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Somerville
Maintained web application

### Embedded Application Engineer @ Jibo, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Boston
Member of the Jibo Platform Team specializing in hardware accelerated graphics programming

- C++
- Embedded Linux
- CUDA
- OpenGL & WebGL

Building an image processing pipeline architecture using CUDA to accelerate image processing. Building a WebGL implementation for Node.js.

### Full stack developer @ seed2A, LLC
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Elastc project planning
- HTML5, Javascript, CSS
- React.js
- Node.js

SPOT Park -- http://parkeasier.com
- CakePHP
- MySQL

### Backend Engineer/DBA @ SPOT Parking
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015

### Software Developer @ athenahealth
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Watertown, MA
ICD-10 database mapping
Built ICD-10 picker

### Frontend Web Engineer @ Delightfully
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
I built some fun HTML5 widgets for our web-based personalized gift giving experiences.

### Software Developer @ Aspen Technology
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Burlington, MA
Developed and maintained the client-side data model, UI interface, and Websocket infrastructure of a web application which enables real-time access to cloud-enabled simulation software.

### Intern (summer) @ Pegasystems
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Performed various moderately important duties in support of development teams, consisting of server maintenance jobs in and outside of the data center.

Gained general Linux and Windows sysadmin and DBA experience.


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011

### Sharon High School
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/steven-lu-08670911
- Website: http://stevenlu.net
- GitHub: http://github.com/unphased

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Last updated: 2026-03-22