Linglin Yu is a software engineer with extensive experience in algorithm improvement and software development, particularly in computational lithography. Linglin began a professional career as a senior software engineer at Xtal Inc. from March 2016 to August 2017, followed by a role at Rubrik, Inc. as a software engineer from August 2017 to October 2020. Since October 2020, Linglin has been contributing to software engineering efforts at Google. Linglin holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Rice University, completed in 2016, and a B.S. in Physics, specializing in Optical Engineering and Optics, from the University of Science and Technology of China, obtained in 2011.