Kan Yan
Software Engineer at Google
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorKan Yan is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience designing embedded systems, wireless drivers, and Linux device drivers. Based in San Jose, he brings deep expertise in WLAN and 802.11 protocols, alongside strong network programming skills and intimate knowledge of ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC architectures. His career includes senior engineering roles at Broadcom and Aerohive and a current engineering position at Google, reflecting a track record of shipping production-grade firmware and kernel-level networking code. Known for bridging hardware constraints with robust software design, he excels at taking complex radio and driver problems from concept to stable deployment. Colleagues value his pragmatic approach to debugging across the stack—from silicon and board bring-up to kernel networking stacks. Outside the obvious protocol expertise, he uniquely combines embedded hardware fluency with production Linux kernel development, making him a rare resource for low-level wireless systems.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
bootloader10
firmware10
bios10
chromiumos9
chrome-extension7
beagleboard7
azerothcore7
chrome6
kernel5
linux-kernel5
linux5
chromebook4
chromium4
libuv4
chromeos4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fcicq/chromiumos-third_party-kernel
Sep 2016 - Aug 2019
Contributions:52 commits in 2 years 11 months
jcadduono/android_kernel_google_chromeos
Jun 2016 - Dec 2016
ChromeOS/Android kernel source tree for Google ChromeOS devices
Contributions:16 commits in 5 months
kernelchromebookkernel-sourceandroidchromeos
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