Dylan Yang
Software Engineer at Datadog
New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDylan Yang is a software engineer with nine years of experience building and operating cloud-native systems, currently focused on serverless tooling at Datadog in New York. He transitioned from hands-on customer-facing solutions engineering for containers (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS) into backend engineering, bringing a strong operational empathy to product development. At Datadog he contributes to the widely used datadog-agent repository, shipping Go changes like container inspection fixes, connection blacklisting, and Fargate ECS global tag support. Dylan also helps keep product documentation accurate, reflecting attention to detail across code and docs. His background in web development and business management, plus early training in industrial design, gives him a practical, user-centered approach to solving infrastructure problems. Colleagues would describe him as an engineer who bridges support, engineering, and documentation to reduce real-world operational pain.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial and Product Design, Industrial and Product Design at Brooklyn Technical High SchoolWeb Development, Web Development at Dev BootcampBachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Management at Johnson and Wales University
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (23)
hugo10
docker10
develop10
containerization10
dockers10
go10
backend10
documentation10
observability9
monitoring9
metric9
logging9
datadog9
python8
javas8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/datadog-agent
Nov 2018 - Dec 2022
Main repository for Datadog Agent
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:118 reviews, 13 commits, 58 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Dylan primarily contributed to the Datadog Agent's backend functionality by addressing various issues and implementing new features. Their work included debugging container inspection errors, creating a diagnostic command for the node agent, and modifying logging levels. Additionally, they introduced connection blacklisting capabilities and added support for global tags within the Fargate ECS collector. These changes involved modifications across multiple Go packages.
golangdatadog-agentagentobservabilitypmm
DataDog/documentation
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
The source for Datadog's documentation site.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 25 commits, 32 PRs in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Dylan primarily focused on updating and maintaining version numbers within the documentation site. They modified the `latest-lambda-layer-version.html` file, indicating involvement in documenting or displaying current versions of various Datadog lambda layers, including Python, Node, Java, and others. Their commits involved updating the version numbers for different lambda layers and extensions. This indicates a focus on keeping documentation accurate.
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