Songyan Shi
Deputy Director Of Product (Robotics) at Avant Robotics
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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Top SchoolSongyan Shi is a robotics product leader with nine years of cross-disciplinary experience blending hardware, software, and market strategy across automotive and robotics firms in Shenzhen. Currently Deputy Director of Product at Autel Robotics, he previously led humanoid robot product efforts at XPENG and held multiple product and engineering roles at BYD, giving him a rare end-to-end view from quality and reliability to high-level product planning. Trained in mechanical engineering and engineering business management at Arizona State and Hong Kong Polytechnic/Warwick, he pairs technical rigor with commercial insight to launch complex mechatronic products. An active contributor to frontend open source—adding robustness improvements to the widely used alibaba/hooks React Hooks library—he demonstrates hands-on coding chops alongside product leadership. Colleagues know him for turning fuzzy requirements into testable features and for treating engineering craftsmanship as a product differentiator. Based in Shenzhen, he combines a maker’s mentality with strategic product stewardship in fast-moving robotics programs.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Engineering Business Management, Master of Science, Engineering Business Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityBachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - BSME, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering - BSME, Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State UniversityMaster of Science, Engineering Business Management, Master of Science, Engineering Business Management at University of Warwick
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (9)
javascript10
react-hooks10
jestjs10
react10
jtest10
jes10
lib8
hook8
ahooks8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alibaba/hooks
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021
A high-quality & reliable React Hooks library. https://alibaba.github.io/hooks/
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 12 commits, 7 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Songyan primarily contributed to the React Hooks library by adding new hooks and improving existing ones. They implemented a new hook, `useSafeState`, and added a test case for `useAsyncState`. Additionally, the user made changes to the `useControllableValue` hook, including adding more callback parameters and removing the `defaultValue` code, and fixed a bug related to `defaultValue`. These changes indicate a focus on enhancing the functionality and robustness of the library.
react-hooksahooksreacthooks-libraryumi-hooks
Dolov/Dolov
Jul 2020 - Sep 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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