Pamela Lu Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As the Head of Engineering of Autolist, a CarGurus family brand, I manage a distributed product engineering team across U.S. and is responsible for speedy delivery of Autolist iOS and Android apps, autolist.com and maintain and enhance backend infrastructure in AWS.Key Achievements: - Restructured the engineering team in 2022 to ensure each client and backend team has sufficient people and technical expertise- Rolled out a new hiring process in 2022 and conducted a Hiring Manager Bootcamp - Hosted 2022 Autolist Summit in San Francisco and 2023 in Cambridge - Improved Employee Engagement Score by 25% in 2023 - Adopted Scrum process and JIRA standardization in 2024 - Established a Tech Lead Guide in 2023 to allow horizontal knowledge sharing- Reduced operational spending by 50% in 2024 via Saas consolidation and better-negotiated vendor contracts- DX.com rated Autolist developer experience at 68 points (+2 points from industry 75th) in Q3 2024Other Contributions: - Led CarGurus' AAPI Employee Resource Group from 2021-2022- Executive sponsor of the CarGurus Open Source committee that supports dozens of open source projects each year - Featured in CarGuru's "Meet a Guru" blog in 2022 and in "At CarGurus, Innovation Extends Beyond the Day-to-Day" published by Bulit in Boston in 2023

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I managed a team of distributed software developers and product designer. We worked on product enhancement features and site redesign for instructables.com and tinkercad.com. Key Achievements:- Invested heavily in infrastructure and platform to improve site performance, application stability and developer happiness. - Completed infrastructure migration to AWS in 2019 that led to 50% cost saving. - Achieved and maintained 99.99% uptime and 90+ CWV scores - Adopted Scrum in 2018 that led to 40% project deliver time improvement- Revamped the hiring process and established interview guidelines and key decision makers- Maintained 90+ employee engagement scores for 3 years

San Francisco, California, Us

I was hired as the Platform Engineering Manager and later promoted to the Head of Infrastructure. I managed 4 teams (DevOps, Platform, Data Platform and ML teams) to ensure scalable and resilient infrastructure for medium.com and Medium mobile apps. Key Achievements:- Established a Machine Learning team - Introduced and adopted GraphQL - Assisted major product feature launch on Member Subscription service and Content Creator monetization

Seattle, Washington, Us

I was selected to join a newly formed Platform team in 2015 after the launch of Premier Agent CRM project. Key Achievements:- Created a server-side AB testing framework for trulia.com. This framework was later adopted by other Zillow websites. Technologies used: Python, Redis, React, Node.js, AWS and Terraform- Introduced CI/CD at Trulia and built deployment pipeline for trulia.com and API service. Technologies used: Docker, Terraform and Consul- Integrated tools and streamlined frontend deployment: set up gulp task manager, moved configs to Consul and secrets to Vault

Seattle, Washington, Us

I joined Trulia in 2014 to develop APIs for Trulia’s iOS and Android app.Key Achievements:- Co-developed the API layer that was used to build a new CRM for Premier Agent. - Organized weekly Developer Meetup - Advocated and supported woman developers during their internship

I was promoted to Senior Engineering Manager end of 2013. Key Achievements:- Led the migration of monolithic web stack to Service-Oriented Architecture- Adopted Single Page Application design

I was hired as a Senior Software Engineer in 2013 to develop APIs for StumbleUponKey Achievements: - Re-designed APIs in REST - Managed two contractors located in Argentina

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I joined the Red Bricks Media in 2012 to managed their web dev team. I worked directly with Fortune 500 company clients, RBM's content strategists and SEO experts on designing and delivering creative web projects

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Blackboard Mobile continued to grow. We now had 80 employees and 140 customers. We moved office twice to accommodate growth. My role evolved more towards team management and process development. Key Achievements:- Introduced software development process and guidelines to ensure speedy and high-quality delivery- Created a quality assurance team and introduced automated testing

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

As Blackboard Mobile grew from 8 to 40+, my role expanded to managing several software engineers. Key Achievements:- Established API design principles and guidelines - Adopted source control system and modern deployment pipeline - Adopted Agile and JIRA - Participated hiring and interviews for engineering and non-engineering roles

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Blackboard acquired a start-up in San Francisco in 2009 and created the Blackboard Mobile Division. I was their first full-time hire. We had 3 or 4 paid customers when I started (we had 20+ customer in a year and 130 in 3 years). I developed and maintained APIs and backend systems, and assisted iOS and Android app development. I also served as their first Account Manager for the Mobile Central product.

Stanford, Ca, Us

I joined the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University in 2026 to maintain department website and develop web applications for the school and various departments. Key Achievement:- Built a job interview booking application that allowed Earth Sciences students to book a time with potential employer during Job Fair

Oxford Executive Leadership

M.S., Computer Science

B.S., Information Systems