Charlie Yin
Director, Software Development at Fortinet
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolCharlie Yin is a Director of Software Development with 10 years of hands-on experience building Linux-native systems, embedded firmware, and networked applications using C/C++, Go, and JavaScript. He progressed through technical and leadership roles at Fortinet, moving from individual contributor work on FortiClient Linux daemons and packaging to managing and directing multi-team software delivery. Charlie is practiced in socket programming, multi-threading, IPC, and real-time embedded CAN bus systems, and has contributed to the well-known uncrustify project improving C++ lambda indentation and formatting edge cases. Known for diagnosing complex systems and applying thoughtful, maintainable fixes, he blends deep low-level expertise with pragmatic team leadership. Based in Vancouver, he pairs an electrical engineering background from UBC with a track record of shipping robust, production-grade software across security and embedded domains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical Engineering at UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering
English, Chinese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
styles10
c-language10
code-standards10
formatter10
beautify10
formatters10
coding-style10
cprogramming-language10
data-structures8
data-structure8
algorithms8
algorithm8
addeventlistener6
api6
css6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
uncrustify/uncrustify
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Code beautifier
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 17 commits, 3 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Charlie primarily focused on improving the code formatting and indentation rules within the `uncrustify` code beautifier. They addressed issues related to C++ lambda expressions and their indentation, incorporating new conditions and refining existing logic for correct formatting. The contributions include fixes for nested lambdas, adjusting indentation based on context, and handling cases within scopes. These changes directly improve the usability and readability of the code formatted by uncrustify.
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CharlieYJH/homepage-dev
May 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:15 PRs, 96 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 9 months
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