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# Kevin Lu

**Headline:** Building Poe @ Quora
**Profession:** Software Engineer
**Location:** Los Angeles, California, United States

## About

Kevin Lu is a Software Engineer at Quora, where he works full stack on Poe, Quora’s AI chat platform\. Kevin’s professional focus is building products and helping people, reflected in his stated goal of “making cool stuff and helping people\.” His background spans full\-stack development, graphics and backend engineering, advertising attribution, and public\-page and SEO work\. Before Quora, Kevin was a Software Engineer at Snap Inc\. working on Ads Attribution and a Software Engineer at Google working on the graphics pipeline and general backend\. He also interned at LinkedIn, contributing to SEO and public pages\. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA and attended Thousand Oaks High\. His technical skills include C\+\+, Java, Python, C, JavaScript, Linux, and Bash\. Kevin speaks English and Mandarin\.

## Services

- C\+\+
- Java
- Python \(Programming Language\)
- C
- JavaScript
- Linux
- Bash

## Highlights

- Works full stack on Poe, Quora’s AI chat platform, as a Software Engineer at Quora\.
- Worked on Ads Attribution as a Software Engineer at Snap Inc\.
- Worked on the graphics pipeline and general backend as a Software Engineer at Google\.
- Contributed to SEO and public pages as an intern at LinkedIn\.
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA\.

## Experience

- **Software Engineer at Quora** (2024\-06\-01–present) — Full stack on the Poe AI chat platform
- **Software Engineer at Snap Inc\.** (2021\-07\-01–2024\-06\-01) — Ads Attribution Snap Trends
- **Software Engineer at Google** (2016\-06\-01–2021\-07\-01) — Graphics pipeline & general backend
- **\[in\]tern at LinkedIn** (2015\-06\-01–2015\-09\-01) — SEO & public pages

## Education

- Thousand Oaks High
- Bachelor's degree, Computer Science — UCLA

## FAQ

### What does Kevin do?

Kevin Lu is a Software Engineer at Quora\. He works full stack on Poe, Quora’s AI chat platform\.

### What is Kevin building at Quora?

Kevin is building Poe at Quora, with full\-stack responsibilities on the AI chat platform\.

### What is Kevin’s professional focus?

Kevin describes his aim as making cool stuff and helping people\.

### What did Kevin do at Snap Inc\.?

Kevin previously worked as a Software Engineer at Snap Inc\. on Ads Attribution\.

### What did Kevin do at Google?

Kevin worked as a Software Engineer at Google on the graphics pipeline and general backend systems\.

### What did Kevin do at LinkedIn?

Kevin was an intern at LinkedIn, where he worked on SEO and public pages\.

### What is Kevin’s educational background?

Kevin earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA\.

### Where did Kevin attend high school?

Kevin attended Thousand Oaks High\.

### What technical skills does Kevin have?

Kevin’s listed technical skills are C\+\+, Java, Python, C, JavaScript, Linux, and Bash\.

### What languages does Kevin speak?

Kevin speaks English and Mandarin\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/kevlu94

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