Lin ChenFull-stack & cloud engineering

DrFirst · Remote

• Build data pipelines on AWS using Glue scripts orchestrated by Step Functions.
• Cut pipeline compute time from over 2 hours to 20–30 minutes.
• Optimised QuickSight dashboard performance from 3 hours to 40–50 minutes.
• Beyond compute efficiency, the shorter runs cut the management overhead of operating the pipelines.

Origin AI · Rockville, MD

• Spearheaded batch processing on AI servers: 41 % inference speed improvement, 52 % CPU reduction, 63 % cost reduction.
• Designed and implemented testing systems evaluating and monitoring AI server performance at each step.

Origin AI · Rockville, MD

• Drove user research to align internal tooling with researcher needs, grounding system design in real workflows.
• Architected a scalable cloud system for secure field data storage, adopted as the standard across research teams.
• Led design of a cloud-native analytics platform on AWS with MATLAB integration — 95 % reduction in data parsing time.
• Designed a cloud backup system and migration workflow for offline research data, reducing risk of local failure.
• Established Dev and Prod environments with Jenkins pipelines, cutting manual intervention and post-deployment issues.
• Integrated Jest into a Next.js application, laying the groundwork for CI automation and shorter QA cycles.
• Introduced Git hooks across departments to automate linting and formatting, improving CI pass rates.

Origin AI · Rockville, MD

• Built UI features for an indoor tracking beta app in Python and Kivy, including pin-drop and control panel tools.
• Led UI/UX design for the Hex subscription service across US and Japan markets, with localised flows and onboarding.
• Managed cross-border app development with the Vietnam team under agile workflows.
• Developed an MQTT-based motion data pipeline automating ground-truth collection and removing manual input.
• Built a product demo with the Product Manager to accelerate partner engagement.

EAB

• Contributed to and optimised shared Polymer components used across all company products.
• Built automated accessibility test suites with Cypress and Pa11y, improving WCAG compliance.
• Built a centralised Storybook system documenting reusable components.