Summary
Imacat Yang is a senior backend developer based in New Taipei with 14 years of professional experience and an open-source pedigree stretching back to the late 1990s. She is fluent in Python (Flask, FastAPI, Django), PHP (Laravel, WordPress), JavaScript, Perl and Java, and currently drives backend work at Data Science Program, Inc. Her career spans roles from database administration and web application development to IT leadership, demonstrating an ability to move between hands-on engineering and organizational tech direction. An active FOSS advocate since 2001, she founded Taiwan’s WoFOSS, PyLadies Taiwan and WikiWomen Taiwan and has presented at major conferences like FOSDEM and COSCUP. Beyond coding, she blends community-building with practical system delivery, reflecting deep roots in both legacy open-source projects (Debian, Samba, Linux Kernel) and modern web stacks.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master Degree, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, Master Degree, Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education at National Taiwan Normal University
English, Chinese