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Kelly Lu

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Head of Growth and Web Engineering at DigitalOcean
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Kelly is a strategic technical leader with over 20 years of experience and a background in full-stack software engineering. As the Director of Engineering at DigitalOcean, she focuses on building high-performing teams to ship software at scale. She holds a BSc from The University of British Columbia.

Based on her professional history in Vancouver, she appears to have an interest in the local community and major brands from the area, such as lululemon. She is passionate about coaching, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative team culture to support high-growth business transformations.

As the Vancouver Hub Lead for Twilio, she established the local Hub Council from scratch, building team culture within a global company.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Head of Growth and Web Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
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Growth Engineering
Her current role is Head of Growth and Web Engineering at DigitalOcean, indicating a focus on scaling business through technology.
Team Building
Expresses a passion for building engaged, empowered, and collaborative teams to support high-growth business targets and transformations.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Head of Growth and Web Engineering
DigitalOcean
3-2022 - 3-2024
Director Of Engineering
Twilio
2-2022 - 3-2024
Vancouver Hub Lead
Twilio
5-2021 - 2-2022
Senior Engineering Manager
Twilio
8-2019 - 4-2021
Senior Engineering Manager and Site Lead
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Education
2003 - 2007
BSc
The University of British Columbia
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