Lawrence Chin

Lawrence Chin has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Lawrence started their career in the United States Army Reserve as a Civil Affairs Non-Commission Officer, where they achieved a leadership role and co-led a team involved in government reconstruction.

After their military service, Lawrence worked at Yahoo! for a significant period, holding multiple roles as a Senior Software Engineer. Lawrence contributed to various projects, including Yahoo's identity/account management system, the Broadband team's ISP partner integration, the implementation of Yahoo's Single Sign On Provider, and the server-side component of the Parental Controls product. Lawrence also helped pioneer Yahoo's adoption of PHP as a new dynamic page generator.

Following their time at Yahoo!, Lawrence joined One Kings Lane as a Senior Software Engineer, where they were responsible for developing enterprise tools. Lawrence then transitioned to GoPro, where they held different roles, including Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer (Backend), and Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack). At GoPro, they were responsible for media management on their SOA cloud services and led and mentored colleagues on projects and new technologies.

After GoPro, Lawrence worked at MODE, Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer before joining Zoetis Inc. as a Lead Software Engineer. At Zoetis, they were responsible for the software infrastructure, leading a contracted DevOps team, and providing technical expertise and guidance to improve performance and site reliability.

Currently, Lawrence is working at Eventbrite as a Backend Engineer, where they serve as a mentor to junior engineers, defines Jira Backend tickets, and drives the team's retrospectives.

Overall, Lawrence Chin has exhibited a strong technical background and extensive experience in software engineering, leadership, and mentoring.

Lawrence Chin received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999. The start year of their education is not specified.