Summary
Jieqiong Yu is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and leading software teams in consumer and financial services, currently shaping product and platform work at Mercari in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward. Having progressed from software engineer to tech lead and now manager within Mercari, she blends hands-on engineering with people leadership and cross-functional collaboration. Her background includes significant payment and credit-card system design and operations from Rakuten, giving her deep experience in high-reliability, regulated systems and API integration. She also has experience integrating developer platforms from her time at LinkedIn, which complements her strengths in partner-facing engineering and systems interoperability. A Peking University MEng in Computer Software Engineering, Jieqiong is adept at mentoring junior engineers, driving architecture decisions, and translating complex business needs into practical, testable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Software Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Software Engineering at Peking University
Chinese, English, Japanese