Summary
Eddy Lu is a Staff Software Engineer and tech lead manager based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building full‑stack systems in TypeScript, Java, Go, Python and Scala for fintech and consumer platforms. He currently leads partner platform and lending decisioning at Parafin, architecting eligibility/state‑machine frameworks, data pipelines with Airflow/Temporal/Databricks, and a React/TypeScript frontend while managing a small engineering team. Previously at Plaid he drove the rebrand of Plaid Link, built KYC/KYB onboarding and a configuration‑driven UI customization framework that scaled Transfers onboarding 20x, and led accessibility and internship programs. His background spans growth and product velocity roles at Discord and LinkedIn and front‑end systems at Microsoft, giving him a strong blend of product intuition, experimentation, and systems design. Known for turning complex regulatory and partner requirements into pragmatic, auditable architectures, he pairs hands‑on implementation with people leadership and operational ownership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Westfield Senior High School
Stanford Continuing Studies
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical Engineering at McGill University