Kurt Braget
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKurt Yang is a software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in large-scale ML infrastructure and high-performance inference systems. Currently at Google on Vertex AI, he previously accelerated TPU LLM training/inference and optimized CPU-based LLM decoding at Oracle’s HeatwaveML, delivering multi-fold speedups. His recent work includes contributions to MaxText on JAX and practical optimizations like speculative decoding that improved token generation throughput. With an academic background spanning a PhD in Computer Science, an MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia, and a BE from Glasgow, he blends rigorous research with production-grade engineering. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he focuses on squeezing latency and cost out of ML stacks while enabling scalable model deployment. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic optimizer who turns academic insight into measurable system gains.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Ventura CollegeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, A, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A at Portland State UniversityComputer Information Systems, Computer and Information Sciences, General, A, Computer Information Systems, Computer and Information Sciences, General, A at Portland Community CollegeChinese, Chinese Language and Literature, A, Chinese, Chinese Language and Literature, A at BLCU
Chinese
Github Skills (130)
cross-platform10
android10
ios10
react-native10
react10
app-framework9
mobile-development9
onesignal9
orientation9
native-library9
react-native-library9
component-based9
mobile9
obsolete8
device-orientation8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
masterkrang/kako
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:41 commits, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 12 days
masterkrang/popstand
Jul 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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