Summary
Jin Yan is a software architect with 11 years of experience building large-scale, cloud-native systems for enterprises, currently leading architecture at ByteDance. He previously drove core platform and engine work at Microsoft and TigerGraph, delivering highly scalable services—such as a VMSS-based CRM scaling solution, a 100M-entry DNS instance manager, and distributed configuration and billing pipelines serving millions of tenants. Jin blends hands-on systems design (compute-storage separation, adaptive compression, CDC, backup and incremental rebuilds) with team growth and operational excellence, having grown and mentored core engine teams and improved CI/CD, ASAN coverage, and live-site processes. Based in Issaquah, he pairs deep Azure and distributed-systems expertise with strong cross-team communication skills and a proven track record of translating customer requirements into patentable engineering innovations.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
B.S, Electrical Engineering, B.S, Electrical Engineering at Shenzhen University
English, Chinese