Steven Yan
Principal Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Yan is a Principal Software Engineer based in San Francisco with nine years of experience focused on cloud-native networking, DevOps, and automation at scale. He has advanced from network architect and senior network engineering roles into staff and principal engineering positions at Walmart Global Tech, driving cloud-native network design and delivery for large e-commerce infrastructure. Steven blends deep routing and WAN expertise (BGP/MPLS/IPsec) with modern platform automation, helping teams achieve zero-downtime changes and resilient production operations. He is a hands-on team lead, mentor, and instructor who thrives on translating legacy network practices into automated, cloud-first patterns. Notably, his background includes on-call and Black Friday production support, reflecting a strong bias for operational reliability under pressure. He pairs practical network engineering roots with a curiosity for cloud-native stacks and automation platform development.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Barchelor of Science, Environmental Science, Barchelor of Science, Environmental Science at Anhui Normal University
English
Github Skills (32)
predictionio10
docker-image10
big-data10
machine-learning10
scala10
docker-container10
dockerfile10
google-photos-api9
campus7
backup7
archiver7
google6
cli6
python6
semantic-kernel5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
steveny2k/docker-predictionio
Oct 2016 - Feb 2018
Docker container for PredictionIO-based machine learning services
Contributions:1 release, 52 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 4 months
docker-containermachine-learningpredictioniodocker-predictioniodockerfile
relateiq/webhook-server-tc-dockerme
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 PRs, 20 pushes, 6 branches in 21 days
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