Summary
Jiadong Yan is a Software Development Engineer II with nine years of full-stack experience building data-driven web applications at Amazon, TripAdvisor, and in academic research. He combines a strong computer science foundation (MSc, Brandeis, 3.9 GPA) with practical skills in Python/Django, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, and data visualization libraries like d3.js to turn complex datasets into actionable interfaces. At Amazon he progressed from SDE to SDE II after earlier work on PillPack, and previously delivered ad-tech solutions at TripAdvisor. His background in industrial and product design gives him a user-centered perspective when engineering interfaces and visualizations. Known for learning quickly and tackling hard problems, he has built tools for social network analysis and multi-chart dashboards that supported academic research into Western jihadism. Based in Sudbury, MA, he actively experiments with new technologies and maintains a personal site showcasing his projects.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Avg: 3.9, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Avg: 3.9 at Brandeis University
High School, science, High School, science at Zhejiang Wenling High School
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial and Product Design, Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial and Product Design at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese, English, 温岭方言