Chih Lin
About Chih Lin
Chih Lin is the Director of Software Engineering at TD Ameritrade, with extensive experience in software development and management roles at various companies including Amazon and PayPal.
Title at TD Ameritrade
Chih Lin is currently serving as the Director of Software Engineering at TD Ameritrade. He assumed this role in 2021. Before his current position, he worked as the Senior Engineering Manager from 2016 to 2021, and even earlier as the Software Development Manager from 2015 to 2016. His experience at TD Ameritrade spans several years, where he has held various roles in software engineering and management.
Previous Roles at Amazon and Digital Roots
Before joining TD Ameritrade, Chih Lin worked with prominent companies such as Amazon and Digital Roots. He served as a Software Engineer at Amazon from 2014 to 2015 in the Greater Detroit Area. Prior to Amazon, he was the Product Director at Digital Roots for four months in 2014, located in Northville, MI.
Career at PayPal
Chih Lin had an extensive career at PayPal, where he was employed from 2009 to 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland Area. His roles at PayPal included Software Engineer & Architect for five years and later as Software Engineer Manager for three years. During his tenure, he contributed significantly to PayPal's engineering and development domains.
Educational Background
Chih Lin holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, which he completed from 2004 to 2007. He also achieved a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he studied from 1997 to 2001. These educational qualifications have provided him with a solid foundation in computer science and engineering.
Early Career and Consulting
Chih Lin's early career includes positions such as Senior Consultant at Peart-Hannon from 2007 to 2009 in Glen Burnie, MD, Java Developer at Euler Hermes ACI from 2006 to 2007 in Owings Mills, MD, and Software Developer at OptiMetrics, Inc. from 2001 to 2006 in Bel Air, MD. His multifaceted roles across various companies laid the groundwork for his advancements in the software engineering field.