Wendy Lu

Principal

2024 - Current

Founding Member

2023

Dev Collective is a group of engineering leaders who invest in and support developer tooling and infrastructure companies. We are senior leaders (Engineering Directors, VPs, and Heads of Engineering) who support startups and help them learn from the perspective of technical operators and prospective buyers.

Investor and Advisor

2020

Director of Engineering

2020 - 2024

I support a talented group of engineers focused on AI and new product lines at Airtable. Our mission is to unlock the power of software creation across industries and functions. Previously, I led our Platform pillar (Search, Sync, Attachments, Notification Platform, and Product Infrastructure) and our Growth Engineering organization.

Director of Engineering

2016 - 2020

I supported a new engineering team's growth to 30+ person org, including infra, product, ML and data engineering teams. Together our team developed the full suite of ad offerings available to advertisers, which drove over $1B in revenue by the time we went public. Products that we brought from ideation to launch included Video on Pinterest, Carousel pins, App Install Ads, and Shopping Ads. Our team was responsible for the consumer experience, advertiser experience, and infrastructure for these products.

Staff Engineer

2013 - 2018

I worked on various teams in Commerce, Ads, Mobile, and Growth. My work included: - Owning data consistency and networking frameworks for our mobile apps - Leading product development for Pinterest's commerce product - Developing the user onboarding and education framework used by all product engineering teams - Leading launches of Pinterest in Japan, News, and App Pins

Software Engineer

2012 - 2012

Engineer for Bump and Flock apps

Athlete, U.S. Artistic Swimming National Team

2001 - 2011

Represented the United States at the Junior World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia US Gold Medalist 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 Stanford Varsity and Academic All-American