Allan Lin
Co-Founder CTO at GiftSentry
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAllan Lin is a seasoned software engineering leader with over 15 years of experience delivering high-impact systems across startups and tech giants. From starting in hardware emulation to guiding cloud infrastructure, product development, and strategic tech initiatives, he has consistently turned complex problems into scalable solutions. As Senior Software Engineering Manager at Affirm, he steers BNPL platforms while previously shaping data engineering at Up&Up, and leading mortgage technology at Better, Uber's marketplace initiatives, and early SDE work at Microsoft and Amazon. Based in New York, he blends hands-on engineering with executive-level strategy, bridging technical roadmaps with business outcomes. His education spans the University of Toronto, National University of Singapore, and HBX Leadership & Strategy, underscoring a mix of deep CS foundations and formal leadership training. A rare blend of hardware roots and scale-up experience, he thrives on cross-functional collaboration and turning ambitious visions into reliable, secure systems at scale.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
bsc, Computer Science Specialist, bsc, Computer Science Specialist at University of TorontoHBX Executive Education, Leadership & Strategy, HBX Executive Education, Leadership & Strategy at Harvard Business SchoolHonors, Computer Science, Honors, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
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Github contributions (5)
allanlin/UberStudy
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
allanlin/devenv
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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