Kailin Lu

Kailin Lu is a software development engineer with a robust background in analytics and research. Currently employed at Amazon as a Software Dev Engineer II since September 2024, Kailin previously worked at Covariant as a Software Engineer from February 2021 to September 2024, and participated in a program at the Recurse Center in late 2020. Prior roles include Analytics Manager at M.M.LaFleur, Graduate Researcher at Columbia University, and Data Analyst at Quid, where contributions involved user behavior metrics analysis and product feature testing. Early career experiences include research at the Transportation Sustainability Research Center and co-leadership at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative. Kailin holds a Master of Arts in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University and dual degrees in Environmental Economics and Policy and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.