Emily Jiang
STSM, Cloud Native Architect And Advocate
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEmily Jiang is a Cloud Native Architect and Java Champion with nine years of experience driving MicroProfile, Jakarta EE and Open Liberty adoption at IBM from Winchester, UK. She leads and implements MicroProfile specifications (Config, Fault Tolerance) and architects CDI integrations while coordinating cross-vendor expert groups to shape APIs and ecosystems, including work linking MicroProfile with Istio. A regular international speaker and active open-source contributor, she improves core developer libraries—recently enhancing SmallRye Reactive Messaging emitter APIs and tests—to make reactive systems more robust. Her background spans WebSphere Liberty, OSGi and standards compliance testing, combining deep protocol and platform knowledge with hands-on spec leadership.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc in Management Information Systems, Finance, Computing, Accounting, BSc in Management Information Systems, Finance, Computing, Accounting at Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Distinction at University of Reading
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
kafka10
reactive-programming10
microprofile10
messaging10
java10
testing9
webservice6
fault-tolerance6
jakartaee6
cdi6
openliberty6
websphere-liberty6
spring-boot6
javaee6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
smallrye/smallrye-reactive-messaging
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
SmallRye Reactive Messaging
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 3 PRs in 27 days
Contributions summary:Emily's contributions primarily focused on refining the reactive messaging library, particularly in relation to emitter functionality. They addressed Javadoc typos, corrected annotations, and enhanced the `Emitter` interface by adding the `send(Message<T> msg)` method. Furthermore, the user incorporated new tests to validate the emitter's behavior. The changes indicate a focus on improving the library's API and ensuring proper functionality.
smallrye-reactive-messagingmicroprofilereactivemessagingkafka
microprofile/microprofile-build-infra
Nov 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:4 reviews, 27 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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