Xunmo Yang
Senior Software Engineer at Waymo
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXunmo Yang is a Senior Software Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience bridging advanced scientific research and production-grade data systems. With a PhD in theoretical chemistry and a background in computational methods, he moved from academic modeling of molecular dynamics to building a “grammar of data analysis” at Google, work that culminated in a published paper and an open-source implementation. He brings a multidisciplinary mindset—drawing on physics, biology, economics, and philosophy—to design interpretable, theory-grounded analytics and tooling for large-scale data problems. Now at Waymo, he applies that blend of rigorous modeling and software engineering to autonomous systems, while maintaining a habit of technical writing and public-facing documentation. An unusual asset is his ability to translate deep theoretical approaches (e.g., TCLME and ab initio techniques) into practical, auditable code and reusable frameworks.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry at University of HoustonArtificial Intelligence Nanodegree, Aitificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree, Aitificial Intelligence at UdacityBS, Major: Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics, BS, Major: Chemistry, Minor: Mathematics at Xiamen University
English, Chinese, Mandarin
Github Skills (41)
describe10
shell10
cli10
r9
hugo9
blogdown9
cli-app9
python9
rails9
bash9
docker9
statistics9
php9
double9
zsh9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
google/meterstick
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023
A concise syntax to describe and execute routine data analysis tasks
Contributions:134 commits in 3 years 3 months
routinedata-analysispythondescribe
tcya/pseudo-hologram-video-maker
May 2016 - Oct 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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