Summary
Allen Xiang is a Senior Data Platform Engineer with over 15 years of hands‑on experience building cloud-native, highly available data platforms and streaming systems, currently leading data governance efforts at Bayer. He specializes in Kafka operations and migration, multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), Terraform/Ansible automation, and JVM-based backend services in Java/Scala, with a strong track record of designing CI/CD pipelines and cost‑optimized cloud architectures. Allen combines deep operational experience—running and upgrading multiple enterprise Kafka clusters and automating cross‑VPC connectivity—with a developer’s mindset for building self‑service portals and tooling that empower teams. He mentors junior engineers, contributes to open source, and brings a pragmatic balance of big‑picture architecture and meticulous implementation. Outside work he’s a hands‑on tinkerer focused on home networking, automation and security, reflecting the same practical curiosity he applies to production systems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Metallurgical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Metallurgical Engineering at University of Science and Technology Beijing
Master's degree Bioinformatics, Master's degree Bioinformatics at Eastern Michigan University
Chinese, English