Summary
Jianyu Wang is a full-stack software engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, cloud-native applications across education and media platforms. Currently at IXL Learning, he contributes to multilingual language-learning products, AI-based assessment services, and a large catalogue of educational games using Next.js, React, .NET, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes. His background includes research-grade expertise in IoT and edge security, plus hands-on systems work at Tencent America where he implemented NBMP-compliant media workflows and high-throughput H.265 transcoding pipelines. A former graduate instructor and PhD candidate, he blends strong academic foundations with practical engineering—comfortable teaching advanced algorithms one semester and optimizing distributed media processing the next. Based in Orlando, he describes himself as “Full Stack & Full Life,” reflecting a pragmatic, product-focused approach that spans front-end UX to backend orchestration and automated CI/CD.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Communication Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Communication Engineering at Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - ABD, Computer Science, GPA 3.945, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - ABD, Computer Science, GPA 3.945 at University of Missouri-Saint Louis
Master of Science (MS), Electrical&Computer Engineering, GPA 3.67, Master of Science (MS), Electrical&Computer Engineering, GPA 3.67 at Rutgers University
Chinese, English