Heron Yang
Software Engineer at Google
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHeron Yang is a software engineer with 14 years of experience focused on applied AI, currently building production systems at Google since 2018. He blends rigorous academic training—a Master's from Carnegie Mellon and an Advanced Software Systems certificate from Stanford—with hands-on product experience from internships and roles at HTC and Google. Known for solving problems systematically, he moves between research-adjacent work and scalable engineering, often translating complex models into reliable features. Having taught at Carnegie Mellon, he also brings pedagogy and clear communication to team workflows and code reviews. Outside of work he maintains a personal site (heron.me) that reflects a thoughtful, practitioner-driven approach to AI engineering.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at National Chiao Tung UniversityExchange, Exchange at Carnegie Mellon UniversityGraduate Certificate - Advanced Software Systems, Graduate Certificate - Advanced Software Systems at Stanford University
English, Chinese, Mandarin
Stackoverflow
336reputation
100kreached
12answers
8questions
Github Skills (49)
aviation10
simulation10
evaluation10
simulator10
agent-based-modeling10
openscenegraph10
fmi10
flight-simulation10
discrete-event-simulation10
aircraft10
surface10
modeling10
aerodynamics10
autopilot9
protocols8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
heronyang/youtube_fake_view
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:32 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
heronyang/airport-simulation
Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
Airport Surface Simulator and Evaluation Tool 2
Contributions:347 commits, 51 PRs, 189 pushes in 1 year 3 months
flight-simulationaircraftaviationfmiagent-based-modeling
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