Yaoyang Lin
Member Of Technical Staff at Cogent
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYaoyang Lin is a Staff Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of experience building data-driven web applications and production services at LinkedIn. He blends a strong academic foundation in data science (Harvard MS) and computer science/statistics (University of Michigan) with hands-on expertise organizing large-scale datasets, designing intuitive UIs, and modeling complex real-world workflows for visualization. Known for delivering results under tight deadlines, he moves between cross-functional collaboration and independent execution while maintaining rigorous quality standards. Yaoyang prefers out-of-the-box solutions that simplify complexity, and his career progression from intern to staff at LinkedIn reflects both technical depth and consistent impact on product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science with Honor, Statistics and Data Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science with Honor, Statistics and Data Science at University of MichiganMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at Harvard UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CreativeAutomaticDifferentiators/cs207-FinalProject
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Final Project for CS207 (Dan Park, Paul-Emile Landrin, Yaoyang Lin, Kyra Ballard)
Contributions:5 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 month
linparkpaulballard
yaoyanglin/EECS442_final_project
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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