James Yu
Principal Software Engineer at iSpot.tv
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Yu is a Principal Software Engineer based in Bellevue with 11 years of software industry experience and a prior 12-year academic track record in biomedical imaging research. He brings rare depth from a PhD in Biomedical Physics to practical engineering, translating complex scientific problems into efficient, maintainable software at both startups and large companies like Microsoft, Yahoo, RetailMeNot, and iSpot.tv. At iSpot.tv he progressed from senior to principal roles, focusing on crafting modern, high-performance systems and mentoring engineering teams. Comfortable across research and product environments, he combines rigorous quantitative thinking with a pragmatic emphasis on shipping reliable code. Known for continuously learning new technologies, he leverages his multidisciplinary background to bridge domain science and scalable software design. An understated strength is his ability to turn advanced imaging and modeling intuition into clear engineering tradeoffs that improve product outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MS Electrophysics, MS Electrophysics at National Chiao Tung UniversityUniversity of California, Los AngelesBS Physics, BS Physics at Chung Yuan Christian University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (99)
apache-spark10
package-control10
python10
hadoop10
elasticsearch10
visualizations10
tableau10
r10
sublime-text10
statistics10
big-data10
scale10
sql10
data-processing10
data-visualization10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
yuj/sublime-parquet
Oct 2016 - Dec 2022
A Sublime Text package for viewing Apache Parquet files
Contributions:2 releases, 6 reviews, 18 commits in 6 years 3 months
parquet-filesparquetdata-formatapachecjk
yuj/package_control_channel
Oct 2016 - Dec 2022
Default channel file for Package Control. Follow the directions at:
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 years 3 months
followpackage-controldirections
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