Shangwen Yan is a senior software engineer with eight years of experience building large-scale AI and search systems at Microsoft, now working on Copilot and Sydney infrastructure within Turing and MSAI. He progressed from semantic search engineering to senior roles, blending applied research and production-grade system design to ship intelligent, latency-sensitive services. Educated at NYU (M.S. in Computer Engineering) with a foundation from Beihang University, he brings strong signal-processing and systems instincts to ML-infused platforms. Comfortable across the stack, he focuses on turning cutting-edge models into reliable, scalable product infrastructure while maintaining a pragmatic, deployment-first mindset. An engineer who lives by "go get it," he pairs curiosity with a track record of shipping complex distributed features in a high-velocity research-to-production environment.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at New York University
Bachelor's degree Electronic Information Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electronic Information Engineering at Beihang University
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Shangwen Yan - Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft