Yana Chen is a software engineer and site reliability specialist with eight years of experience building observability and developer-facing tools, currently focused on OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing at Baseten. Based in NYC, she has driven observability improvements and managed ElasticSearch/Kibana operations at Bubble, and she combines hands-on infrastructure work with a strong developer-experience mindset. Outside of traditional engineering roles she streams engineering sessions on Twitch—refactoring bots, building CLIs, and solving algorithm puzzles live—bringing a playful, collaborative approach to problem solving. Her background in research and tutoring informs a teaching-first style: she prioritizes enabling others’ curiosity through tooling and cultural practices that foster learning.
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