Summary
Julius Yang is a Senior Platform Engineer in Los Angeles with nine years of backend-focused experience building APIs, payment integrations, and scalable services on AWS. He has led implementation of a SOAP OCPP 1.5 server and a Lambda-driven "Pay With PlugShare" payment flow, demonstrating deep practical experience tying hardware-facing systems to cloud-hosted services. Julius pairs Flask/SQLAlchemy/Postgres expertise with Redis, nginx/uwsgi, and transactional email pipelines, and has a strong history integrating partner APIs and payment processors for seamless user experiences. Earlier work spans collaborative medical imaging, WebRTC, DICOM tooling, and multimedia pipelines—skills that reflect both low-latency real-time systems and data-heavy workflows. A Caltech-trained applied physicist who later earned an applications programming certificate, he brings a methodical, systems-first approach honed in VFX pipeline leadership and production environments.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate program, Applications Programming, Certificate program, Applications Programming at UCLA Extension
Bachelor's degree, Engineering and Applied Science (Applied Physics), Bachelor's degree, Engineering and Applied Science (Applied Physics) at California Institute of Technology
English, German, Chinese