Kevin Yeh
Principal Engineering Lead at Nava
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Yeh is a Principal Engineering Lead in New York with eight years of hands-on experience building thoughtful, people-centered technology at Nava, where he progressed from software engineer to senior lead and now principal. He blends rigorous computer science training (BS and MS from UT Austin) with a creative sensibility from film studies and studio work, guiding interdisciplinary teams to design systems that prioritize healthier interactions between users and software. Prior roles at Kickstarter, MongoDB, and Amazon sharpened his payments, platform, and backend expertise, while his creative-director work at Space Type signals a knack for product vision and human-centered design. Describing himself playfully as a "Topical Tropical Categorical Topological Big Dada Abacus Mathematician," he brings both analytical depth and a taste for unconventional problem framing to complex engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science Film Studies Minor, Master's degree Computer Science Film Studies Minor at The University of Texas at AustinNY Specialized High School Degree Computer Science, NY Specialized High School Degree Computer Science at Stuyvesant High School
Github Skills (1)
mathematical6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
epsilon-less-than-0/autofolder
Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
epsilon-less-than-0/learning-cycles
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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