Jing Yang
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJing Yang is a Staff Software Engineer in Seattle with 14 years of experience building high-performance systems in C/C++, Java, Rust, and Python on Linux. A long-standing Googler, Jing progressed from software engineer to tech lead and now staff, consistently shipping infrastructure and tooling that support large-scale services. Comfortable across systems and application layers, Jing brings practical expertise in low-level performance optimization and cross-language integration. Early experience includes a Facebook internship where Jing built a web-based internal tool for server power prediction, hinting at strengths in instrumentation and tooling. Jing studied Computer Science at Harbin Institute of Technology and is known for combining pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for emerging languages like Rust. Colleagues describe Jing as a steady technical leader who mentors teams while still contributing hands-on to complex codebases.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science at Harbin Institute of Technology
Github Skills (24)
futures9
rust9
raft8
api8
lua8
ghost7
transparent-proxy7
security7
neovim7
vim7
compiler7
nvim6
crate6
http-proxy6
text-editor6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ditsing/xfsd
Jul 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:139 commits in 11 months
ditsing/ruaft
Sep 2020 - Feb 2023
Raft implemented in Rust
Contributions:570 commits, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
raftrust
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