Eric Yang
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Shopify
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolEric Yang is a senior software engineer specializing in infrastructure, distributed systems, and the practical adoption of AI and data-driven solutions, with 11 years of experience across product and platform teams. He has driven modernization and financial-service-grade systems at Lightspeed and now focuses on infrastructure at Shopify, blending reliability engineering with GenAI experimentation. His background includes production-scale work at The New York Times and real-time audio/AI systems at SoundHound, giving him breadth across media, voice AI, and commerce. Eric pairs an MS in Interactive Intelligence from Georgia Tech with hands-on delivery, frequently translating research ideas into production features. He’s comfortable navigating legacy modernization and pioneering new technical patterns, often operating at the intersection of data pipelines, model integration, and resilient distributed services. Based in Toronto, he brings a pragmatic curiosity—pursuing cutting-edge approaches while keeping operational simplicity and scalability front and center.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Interactive Intelligence, Master of Science - MS Interactive Intelligence at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Management Engineering Management, Bachelor of Management Engineering Management at Nanyang Normal University
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Github Skills (93)
javascript9
docker-compose9
charts9
helm9
looker9
xmake9
hash-functions9
http-client9
facebook9
docker9
buffer9
ajax9
prebuild9
nodejs9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
erictt/hexo-toc
Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
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Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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erictt/dotfiles
Jul 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:260 commits, 511 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 7 months
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