I am a passionate software engineer and AI enthusiast currently pursuing my master's degree in Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley. I enjoy building innovative full-stack applications, especially those that leverage AI and cloud technologies to improve user experience and automate processes. With experience in both industry internships and impactful university projects, I continuously seek opportunities to learn and contribute effectively to the tech community. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I've developed strong skills in full-stack development, AI model integration, and cloud deployment, and I thrive in collaborative environments. I bring both technical expertise and a user-centered mindset to every project, aiming to deliver efficient and engaging software solutions.

Iyu Lin

I am a passionate software engineer and AI enthusiast currently pursuing my master's degree in Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley. I enjoy building innovative full-stack applications, especially those that leverage AI and cloud technologies to improve user experience and automate processes. With experience in both industry internships and impactful university projects, I continuously seek opportunities to learn and contribute effectively to the tech community. Throughout my academic and professional journey, I've developed strong skills in full-stack development, AI model integration, and cloud deployment, and I thrive in collaborative environments. I bring both technical expertise and a user-centered mindset to every project, aiming to deliver efficient and engaging software solutions.

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I am a passionate software engineer and AI enthusiast currently pursuing my master’s degree in Information Management and Systems at UC Berkeley. I enjoy building innovative full-stack applications, especially those that leverage AI and cloud technologies to improve user experience and automate processes. With experience in both industry internships and impactful university projects, I continuously seek opportunities to learn and contribute effectively to the tech community.

Throughout my academic and professional journey, I’ve developed strong skills in full-stack development, AI model integration, and cloud deployment, and I thrive in collaborative environments. I bring both technical expertise and a user-centered mindset to every project, aiming to deliver efficient and engaging software solutions.

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English
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Chinese
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Work Experience

Documentation Intern – LLM Engineering at Actian, HCL Software
August 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025
Developed an AI documentation assistant using Gemini and OpenAI models to provide persona-based responses and fallback FAQs, improving documentation lookup speed by 3x. Built a full-stack prototype using Streamlit frontend and Flask backend with a Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline leveraging FAISS, HuggingFace, LangChain, and Azure AI Foundry. Deployed the chatbot on AWS EKS with Docker and Kubernetes, collaborating with DevOps to secure internal access via OIDC authentication using Okta. Collected stakeholder feedback to iterate on prompt engineering, achieving a 95% chatbot success rate.
Software Engineer at Berkeleytime
June 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025
Worked on a full-stack course registration platform for over 40,000 UC Berkeley students. Automated an ETL process with Node.js and JSDOM to scrape legacy course website data into MongoDB, eliminating 90% of manual data entry and ensuring complete data integrity. Implemented and maintained 10+ GraphQL APIs with TypeScript for more than 2,800 course records, and optimized queries using Redis caching to achieve a 4x faster data retrieval speed. Developed an interactive course analytics dashboard using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Recharts (React + D3), incorporating custom React hooks to provide real-time data updates.
Assistant at Kazimierz Wielki University
September 1, 2023 - September 4, 2025
Created an interactive Chinese character learning application from scratch using MVC architecture with Python Django, SQLite, and AWS S3, deployed on AWS EC2. Developed a real-time handwriting comparison tool powered by Django Channels, WebSockets, and react-sketch-canvas, resulting in a 25% increase in exam performance and 90% student engagement. Improved code quality with Flake8, achieved 85% test coverage using pytest, and integrated Terraform and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

Education

M.S. in Information Management and Systems at University of California, Berkeley
August 1, 2024 - May 1, 2026

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Education, Software & Internet, Healthcare

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