Summary
Eddy Yao is an intermediate software engineer with nine years of experience building cloud and infrastructure systems, currently working on Borg, cloud scheduling, and fleet efficiency at Google in Mountain View. He brings full-stack fluency across Java, Python, C/C++, Lisp, and web technologies, with a background in telecommunications and security from internships at Meta, Google, and Ciena. A University of Waterloo computer science candidate, Eddy pairs strong systems-level thinking with practical optimization work that improves large-scale compute infrastructure. Known for a playful, hands-on approach—he jokes about developing in Notepad—he combines curiosity with production-grade engineering to squeeze more efficiency out of complex distributed systems.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School, Diversified, High School, Diversified at Earl of March Secondary School
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Chinese, French, English