William Yu
Software Engineer III at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Yu is a Software Engineer III at Google with eight years of experience building user-focused products, currently working on Play Commerce after rising from SRE-level product work as an SDE II. A Duke summa cum laude computer science graduate with mathematics and statistics minors, he blends strong quantitative rigor with front-end craftsmanship honed through extensive work on the Sakai open-source LMS—fixing dark-mode bugs and reworking UI components for cross-module consistency. His background spans startups, internships, and venture-backed programs where he delivered end-to-end features—from GraphQL-powered order systems to scalable data-platform prototypes at MongoDB. Colleagues describe him as an interdisciplinary problem-solver who seeks elegant, tech-forward solutions and brings design sensitivity to production-scale engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Minors in Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Minors in Mathematics and Statistics at Duke University
Chinese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (9)
html10
css10
ui-design10
sakai10
java9
lms9
ed255199
javascript9
javas9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sakaiproject/sakai
Jul 2019 - May 2021
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 19 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:William primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Sakai project, focusing on improving the user interface and visual presentation. Their work involved fixing CSS issues, implementing new banner classes, and adjusting page headers across various tools and applications within the Sakai platform, including Podcasts, Statistics, and GradebookNG. The contributions demonstrate a focus on enhancing the user experience and ensuring consistency across different modules. Furthermore, the user addressed specific issues related to dark mode, correcting hardcoded background colors and text visibility problems in key components.
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wyu12/sakai
May 2019 - Apr 2021
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Contributions:90 pushes, 44 branches in 1 year 11 months
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