Lily He is a software engineer, focusing on scalable and reliable infrastructure.
Current Role
May 2023-Present
I am a software engineer at Squarespace on the Traffic team. I keep traffic to 13 million Squarespace websites moving quickly.
HTTPS Protocol Security
Encrypted HTTPS connections to protect customer privacy. Issue new and renew existing TLS certificates.
Defense
Protect Squarespace customers from malicious actors who launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks to take down websites.
Edge Caching
Make pages load faster by caching popular websites at the edge using cache control headers and cache invalidation.
HTTP Routing
Direct requests coming into Squarespace to the appropriate internal services.
Past Experiences
I started at Twitter as a software engineering intern. As a full-time engineer for two years, I maintained the Scala/Java microservice framework (Finagle) and observability data ingestion pipeline for thousands of services at the company.
StreetCred Labs
I was a software engineering intern at StreetCred when the startup just raised the seed round funding. I learned about rapid prototyping for a minimal viable product (MVP) and starting greenfield projects. In 2021, StreetCred was acquired by Snap, Inc.
