Ze-Ting (Neil) Lu

Duke University · Durham, NC

• GPA 3.84; Dean's List for 2 semesters.
• CS/SW coursework: Algorithm Design & Analysis, Operating Systems, Database Systems, Computer Architecture.
• AI/ML coursework: Theories & Algorithms for ML, Statistical Learning, Natural Language Processing, High Dimensional Data Analysis.

Apple Inc. · Shanghai, China

• Built and iterated on an agentic dev tool running local models on Apple MLX-LM, tuning performance for factory environments so agentic operations stay smooth on machines with 8GB of RAM.
• Built an internal AI skills-sharing platform (Next.js and PostgreSQL) with corporate OAuth, LDAP access management, and an AI agent running on local models for security scanning — grown to 100+ users and 7,000+ visits per week.
• Designed and implemented context compression, long-term memory, and skills/MCP progressive disclosure for an AI hardware tool.
• Worked with hardware teams to turn lab workflows, internal CLI tools, and hardware testing details into installable AI skills.

ViralArc AI (Kani Co., Ltd) · Taipei, Taiwan · viralarc.ai ↗

• Architected 10+ microservices for an agentic social media marketing platform on GCP, including CI/CD, preview environments, worker orchestration, shared packages, and automated cron job deployment.
• Built a unified identity and entitlement service covering payment, subscription plans, feature access, whitelisting, and subdomain access.
• Distributed 10k+ long-running jobs across parallel workers with priority queuing, randomized runs, and atomic locks to prevent conflicts.
• Designed a reusable AI framework with typed multi-step workflows using Zod, prompt-injection guardrails, retry logic, and token usage logging; built request balancing to route inference across multiple cloud providers with queues and model fallbacks.
• Secured compute credits from NVIDIA, GCP, and YC; partnered with 60+ influencers to drive 20k+ signups and US$50k revenue in 100 days.

GoFreight Inc. · Taipei, Taiwan

• Integrated LLMs with automatic context selection into the testing framework, enabling auto-generation and updating of test scripts.
• Prototyped and drove adoption of a Playwright testing framework, replacing the legacy stack for over 80% of new test cases within 3 months.
• Led adoption across QA and SDET through workflow redesign, internal workshops, and iterative improvements based on engineer feedback.
• Built and maintained features for the existing E2E test system (Python, Selenium, shell scripts, Docker) with containerized deployment for compatibility across GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS Spot Instances, and local dev environments.

Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) · Hsinchu, Taiwan

• Designed and implemented the full pipeline: brain signal to analog circuits to microcontrollers to analysis server to a web-based visualization portal.
• Built a Python framework interfacing different hardware sources, using parallel processing and threading for real-time signal filtering, noise separation, further analysis, and a pollable web API.
• Modified circuits for brain measurement; built and scripted Arduino systems to gather analog signals from the frontend circuits.
• Comparatively analyzed hardware components in commercial brain-computer interface devices and produced patent reports for them.

InternX Platform (Chih Tu Corp.) · Taipei, Taiwan · internx.me ↗

• Architected the full-stack platform (Next.js, Firebase, and Go), implementing security rules, CI/CD, RWD/PWA, and SEO optimizations.
• Implemented multi-provider OAuth, MX mailing, and email 2FA with a role-based permission control system.
• Compiled 550k+ company entries and designed a fuzzy search algorithm in Golang with an average search time under 50ms.
• Developed a chat forum with real-time message streaming and GCP Cloud Functions for post-processing.
• Drove user growth via 1,000+ cold emails and social campaigns — 200k+ views into 500+ signups and 100+ user posts in 3 months.
• Secured US$40k+ pre-seed funding, won startup competitions, and earned press coverage in multiple outlets.

Secure Vectors Information Technologies Inc. · Taipei, Taiwan (Remote)

• Architected a multi-agent compliance auditing system with the Autogen framework to automate ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS assessment.

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) · Hsinchu, Taiwan (Remote) · entangletech.tw ↗

• Built a quantum computing education platform with course and blog management, user auth, and role-based access using Next.js, TypeScript, and Firebase.

Academia Sinica / Asia University · New Taipei, Taiwan

• Parsed the entire Chinese Wikipedia to construct a common-sense knowledge graph, then used it to reduce hallucination in GPT-3 with a statistical framework grounding generation in discrete knowledge.
• Analyzed AUROC performance across different Chinese word embedding sets to improve semantic and phonetic disambiguation accuracy.
• Designed an error-tolerant word recommendation algorithm for Chinese pharmaceutical terms, delivering 4x faster speed on average.

Guangzhao Information Technology Inc. · New Taipei, Taiwan (Remote) · anddoalumi.com ↗

• Developed a finance forum using Cloudflare, frontend ID-watermarking, and 2FA over SMS and LINE to prevent financial fraud.

Duke Taiwanese American Student Association · Durham, NC

• Led a team of 7 in planning, budgeting, and marketing 30+ events, many with 60+ attendees, sharing Taiwanese cuisine and culture.

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense · Pingtung & Linkou, Taiwan