Weiqiang Li
Software Engineer at Yahoo
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWeiqiang Li is a software engineer with 10 years of technical experience, currently building big-data systems at Yahoo in the San Francisco Bay Area. He brought a strong analytical foundation from dual master's degrees—an MS in Computer Science from NYU and an MA in Chemistry from Washington University—into production engineering work after interning at Yahoo in 2018 and joining full-time in 2019. Comfortable operating in data-intensive environments, he blends rigorous research-trained problem solving with hands-on implementation of scalable backend services. His cross-disciplinary background and international study experience (Fudan, exchange at National Cheng Kung and West Virginia University) give him a notable ability to bridge domain knowledge and engineering trade-offs. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and steady at shipping reliable systems under evolving requirements.
10 years of coding experience
Exchange Student, Exchange Student at National Cheng Kung UniversityExchange Student (Visiting Scholar), Exchange Student (Visiting Scholar) at West Virginia UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.92, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.92 at New York UniversityMaster of Arts - MA, Chemistry, 3.93, Master of Arts - MA, Chemistry, 3.93 at Washington University in St. LouisBachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at Fudan University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
java10
hadoop9
apache9
spark9
big-data8
apache-hadoop8
docker-compose6
docker5
hive4
kafka3
presto2
apache-iceberg1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bambrow/flask-todo-list
Sep 2017 - Nov 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
bambrow/programming-notebook
Aug 2019 - Oct 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
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