Summary
Fernando Y is a software engineer with nine years of industry experience, currently building products at Pinterest after prior engineering roles at Amazon, D2L, and ATS Automation. A Mechatronics Engineering graduate of the University of Waterloo, he brings a hybrid background in controls, robotics-adjacent systems, and full-stack software development that helps bridge hardware-aware thinking with cloud-scale services. He has progressed from controls system design into software-focused roles, demonstrating an ability to translate physical system constraints into reliable, production-quality code. Based in Vancouver, he favors pragmatic engineering and cross-disciplinary collaboration, making him effective on teams that span embedded, backend, and product domains.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, First-year undergraduate, Engineer’s Degree, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, First-year undergraduate at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese, French