Summary
Ran Duan is a software engineer based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building full-stack and systems-level software across startups and large tech firms. Currently at ServiceNow, Ran brings a background that spans real-time web apps (Grist Labs) to hardware-accelerated video/graphics design at Intel, where they authored SystemVerilog/VHDL implementations and cluster-level arbiters. Comfortable both in high-level JavaScript/NodeJS and low-level hardware design, Ran also wrote Python automation for EMR scraping and has formal training from Fullstack Academy and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UT Austin. Known for bridging product-facing features and deep technical infrastructure, Ran has shipped latency-sensitive changes to MMIO controllers and integrated soft IP cores on SoC platforms. A side detail: Ran studied Japanese language and literature, reflecting an aptitude for cross-cultural communication and detail-oriented learning. Pragmatic, versatile, and experienced across the stack, Ran thrives on solving problems that sit between hardware constraints and user-facing features.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature at YAMASA言語文化学院 - 岡崎市愛知県日本
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas - Austin, TX
Fullstack Web Development, Fullstack Web Development at Fullstack Academy of Code
English, Chinese, Japanese