Yabo Li
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYabo Li is a backend-focused software engineer with eight years of experience building scalable systems, currently a Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft after progressing internally since 2020. He brings strong multi-language fluency in Golang, C#, C++, Java, and Python, and a track record of designing reliable ETL schedulers, leader-election mechanisms, and service decompositions from internships at Tencent and Gelber Group. At Tencent he built a minute-level distributed ETL scheduler serving 100+ researchers and optimized failure detection to under 10 seconds, illustrating a focus on operational robustness. His work spans web, full-stack, and backend domains, including constructing HTTP proxies for legacy messaging and developing monitoring and alerting tools to improve observability. A STAT&CS graduate from UIUC with an earlier MIS background, he combines quantitative rigor with practical engineering judgment. Based in Redmond, he’s open to early-career opportunities and brings a knack for turning complex distributed problems into maintainable, production-ready services.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Management Information Systems General, Bachelor's degree Management Information Systems General at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyBachelor's degree STAT & CS, Bachelor's degree STAT & CS at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chinese, English
Github Skills (22)
react8
flask-socketio8
gatsby7
socket-io7
socket7
flask7
graphql7
frontend6
fastest6
websocket6
python6
compiler5
static-site-generator5
go-client4
hdfs4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
YaboLee/cs440
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:40 commits, 10 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 months
chenxinhang12345/Pac-Man
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:42 PRs, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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