Qitao Yang

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

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Summary

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Rockstar

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Top School

Qitao Yang is a seasoned iOS engineer and full-stack product builder with 11 years of experience, known for shipping high-performance mobile clients and developer-loved UI libraries. At Alibaba he drove app launch and image performance optimizations, introduced Swift adoption, patented a lag-tracing mechanism, and led early on-device LLM and full-stack AI features. He has independently launched multiple consumer and developer products—some exceeding 10,000 DAU—and open-sourced polished UI/animation components like KYAnimatedPageControl and Longinus image library. Comfortable across native iOS, SwiftUI, serverless backends, Web3 and AI, Qitao blends deep systems-level optimization with elegant UX animation craftsmanship. Based in Hong Kong, he’s equally at home authoring technical guides and building Mac developer tools, reflecting a rare mix of product instincts and low-level engineering.

11 years of coding experience

3 years of employment as a software developer

学士, 计算机科学与技术, 学士, 计算机科学与技术 at 上海师范大学

Chinese, English

Github Skills (11)

coreanimation10

uid10

swift10

uikit10

ios10

calayer10

front-end-development10

ui-design10

animation10

graphical-user-interface9

user-interface9

Programming languages (13)

C#C++CAppleScriptHTMLTypeScriptShellJavaScript

Github contributions (5)

KittenYang/KYGooeyMenu

Apr 2015 - Apr 2016

A not bad gooey effects menu.

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:67 commits, 3 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 year

Contributions summary:Qitao primarily worked on developing the UI of a gooey effects menu. Their initial commit established the basic structure of the menu. Subsequent commits focused on implementing the gooey effect, including animation logic and visual enhancements. The user also added features such as image integration within menu items, and a more polished gooey effect with smooth transitions.

badgooeymenu

KittenYang/A-GUIDE-TO-iOS-ANIMATION

Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

The source code of my new eBook —— A GUIDE TO IOS ANIMATION. Just click the next link to buy it

Role in this project:

iOS Mobile Developer

Contributions:78 commits, 2 PRs, 68 pushes in 11 months

Contributions summary:Qitao primarily focused on implementing iOS UI elements and animations for a new eBook project. Their work involved creating a splash screen with animations using Core Animation, including keyframe animations for bounds and view transforms. The user also implemented animated page controls and a gooey slide menu, demonstrating proficiency in UI design and animation techniques within the iOS environment.

ebookanimationjavascriptiosios-animation

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