Hello! My name is Chun-Mao Lai (賴群貿), and I am also known as Michael or Mecoli. My personal interests include playing piano, composing music, snowboarding, and building websites.

Currently, I am a Systems & Infrastructure Engineering Intern at LinkedIn, focused on Systems and Machine Learning Systems. I have extensive experience building distributed infrastructure, contributing to open-source projects, and solving complex, real-world problems across data, compute, and coordination layers. I'm particularly enthusiastic to tackle challenging, practical questions that significantly impact users and developers.

I've actively contributed to open-source projects like Flyte, enhancing Tuple/NamedTuple support and enabling interactive Jupyter integrations on Kubernetes. These experiences sharpened my skills in designing scalable workflows and collaborating across communities to deliver production-ready solutions.

Fun Fact: 'Mecoli' is a playful fusion of Michael Lai's pronunciation and the name of the bacteria E.coli.