Andy Yan
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Remitly
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Yan is a Principal Software Engineering Manager with 11+ years of experience building and leading teams to deliver scalable, cross-platform products across mobile, cloud, and embedded systems. He combines hands-on engineering (iOS, Android, C/C++, Swift, system design) with proven leadership—hiring and mentoring teams, driving roadmaps, and improving delivery cadence and reliability in fintech and consumer social products. His background spans Microsoft, Facebook/Instagram, Remitly and contributions to flagship open-source projects like the Linux kernel and Armbian, where he enabled HDMI support for Rockchip boards and tailored mainline builds for RK3588/RK3568 platforms. Comfortable across frontend, backend, and firmware layers, he’s also data-driven—instrumenting dashboards and metrics to reduce response times and shipping regress-free platform migrations. Based in Seattle, he brings a rare blend of embedded-hardware know-how and large-scale cloud/mobile product leadership, with a track record of improving performance and operational resilience.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Applied Science Computer Electrical Engineering, Master of Applied Science Computer Electrical Engineering at The University of British Columbia
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Github Skills (37)
bootloader10
bsp10
hdmi10
r10
firmware10
linux10
rockchip10
linux-kernel10
device-tree10
dts10
u-boot10
soc10
sys10
system-integration10
dt10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
armbian/build
Mar 2019 - Dec 2025
The official build framework for the Armbian Linux distribution. This repository contains the complete toolchain and scripts required to compile custom OS images from source, including kernel configuration, U-Boot handling, and board-specific tweaks for various ARM and ARM64 single-board computers.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 8 PRs, 19 comments in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Andy primarily contributes to the Armbian build framework by adding support for various single-board computers (SBCs) and related hardware. They focus on configuring the build process to generate custom Linux images tailored for specific Rockchip-based boards, including the RK3588 and RK3568 SoCs. Their work involves creating board-specific configuration files, integrating mainline U-Boot, and modifying the build scripts to ensure proper boot functionality and device support.
armarmbiankernellinux-distributiontoolchain
torvalds/linux
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Linux kernel source tree
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 commits in 10 days
Contributions summary:Andy's primary contributions involve enabling HDMI display functionality on various Rockchip-based single-board computers within the Linux kernel. They added Device Tree Source (DTS) entries to configure HDMI connectors and related hardware settings. Additionally, the user addressed a pin configuration issue and added an eDP panel entry, showcasing a focus on display and hardware integration within the embedded systems domain.
linux-kernel
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