Saining Li
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaining Li is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 15 years of experience, currently building big data systems as a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon in San Francisco. He transitioned from web development into large-scale data engineering, bringing a pragmatic product-focused mindset honed across startups and research roles. His background combines a McGill education in Computer Science and Linguistics with hands-on work at companies like Wincruise and Ayuda Media Systems, plus research experience that informs his analytical approach. Known for shipping reliable, end-to-end solutions, he balances backend scalability with an appreciation for user-facing concerns—a useful trait in data-heavy environments where usability matters.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Linguistics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Linguistics at McGill University
Stackoverflow
474reputation
9kreached
9answers
5questions
Github Skills (14)
apache-spark6
amazon-ecs6
sql6
amazon-web-services6
dataframe6
scala6
if-statement6
aws-fargate6
midi1
audio1
python1
music1
encoding1
data-analysis1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DDMAL/prosopography
Aug 2011 - Jan 2012
Contributions:10 commits in 5 months
juliusrain/juliusrain.github.io
Aug 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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