Jinย Yan
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJin Yan is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with ~7 years of experience building the network plumbing that makes hyperscale AI training and inference practical. Focused on Azure ML Networking and the Singularity GPU cluster platform, he reduced cluster provisioning from days to ~30 minutes, introduced cross-region workspace bursting that now powers 25% of fine-tuning jobs, and raised production network uptime from 90.6% to 99%+. He blends systems programming (Python, C++, C#) with cloud-native orchestration (Kubernetes, Azure) to ship self-healing automation, managed virtual networks for regulated enterprises, and AI-augmented developer workflows. A Carnegie Mellon MS and UIUC ECE alumnus, he frequently operates at the intersection of low-level networking and platform reliabilityโoften solving the obscure โlong-tailโ failure modes users never see.
6 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science - MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology
Github Skills (23)
microsoft-azure10
long-polling10
azure-signalr10
azure10
microsoft9
server-sent-events9
signalr9
language-extensions9
monorepo8
react8
developer-tools8
dotnet8
asp-net8
nodejs8
iot-device8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
yjin81/blogs
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
yjin81/azure-docs
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:6 pushes in 2 months
azuremicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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