Reference
Letter
Sarah
Chen
·
Engineering
Director
·
Meridian
Software
450
Mission
Street
,
San
Francisco
,
CA
94105
sarah
.
chen
@
meridian
.
software
· (415) 555-0187
October
14, 2025
Hiring
Committee
Apex
Data
Solutions
200
Park
Avenue
,
New
York
,
NY
10166
Re
:
David
Park
—
Senior
Engineering
Team
Lead
Dear
Hiring
Committee
,
I
am
writing
to
provide
my
strongest
recommendation
for
David
Park
,
who
served
as
Senior
Engineering
Team
Lead
on
the
Platform
Infrastructure
team
at
Meridian
Software
from
March
2023
to
September
2025.
David
led
a
team
of
eight
engineers
through
a
complex
cloud
migration
and
Kubernetes
adoption
initiative
that
modernized
our
entire
deployment
pipeline
.
Under
his
leadership
,
the
team
reduced
production
release
cycles
from
two
weeks
to
three
days
and
lowered
infrastructure
costs
by
34%
within
the
first
fiscal
year
.
Beyond
his
technical
accomplishments
,
David
is
a
remarkable
mentor
and
culture
carrier
.
He
developed
personalized
growth
plans
for
three
junior
engineers
and
guided
each
to
mid
-
level
promotion
within
eighteen
months
.
He
also
designed
a
technical
interview
framework
that
reduced
our
engineering
time
-
to
-
fill
by
40%
and
improved
candidate
experience
scores
significantly
.
I
recommend
David
without
reservation
for
any
senior
engineering
leadership
or
team
lead
position
.
He
possesses
the
uncommon
combination
of
hands
-
on
technical
expertise
,
genuine
investment
in
people
,
and
systems
thinking
that
elevates
an
entire
organization
.
Please
feel
free
to
contact
me
if
you
would
like
to
discuss
his
qualifications
further
.
Sincerely
,
Sarah
Chen
Engineering
Director
,
Meridian
Software
sarah
.
chen
@
meridian
.
software
(415) 555-0187
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