Yalin Li
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolYalin Li is a software engineer with nine years of experience building cloud SDKs and tooling, currently working at Microsoft in Redmond. He contributes actively to high-profile Azure open-source projects, including azure-cli-extensions and the Azure SDKs for Python and .NET, where he has implemented portal/dashboard features, Key Vault and ACR fixes, and new CosmosDB track 2 functionality. His work spans full-stack and back-end development, combining API design, bug fixes, mypy/static typing checks, and scenario testing to keep SDKs reliable for enterprise consumers. Trained in Management Information Systems and holding a master’s in Computer Software Engineering from Northeastern, he pairs product-focused thinking with strong engineering rigor. Notably, he has a pragmatic knack for improving developer experience—updating READMEs, generated modules, and test recordings—so contributions are both functional and maintainable.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General, Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General at Tianjin Normal UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Northeastern University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (23)
python10
apidoc10
azure-sdk10
azure-keyvault10
testing10
net10
dotnet10
cosmosdb10
azure-cli10
asp-net10
api10
vault10
dotnet-core10
container-registry10
csharp10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-sdk-for-python
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for Python. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/python/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:871 reviews, 104 commits, 501 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Yalin made several bug fixes and enhancements related to the Azure Container Registry (ACR) and Key Vault libraries. These contributions include fixing issues with HTTPS prefixes in endpoints for ACR and adding support for 7.3-preview support for secrets within the Key Vault SDK. The user also updated the cloud configuration API for ACR, implemented API changes, and removed exception message parsing from samples. Additionally, the user implemented a mypy check in the Key Vault certificates, secrets and keys.
pythonversionedazure-functionssdkazure-python
Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
This repository is for active development of the Azure SDK for .NET. For consumers of the SDK we recommend visiting our public developer docs at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure/ or our versioned developer docs at https://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-net.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:70 reviews, 33 commits, 88 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Yalin contributed to the Azure SDK for .NET by adding new CosmosDB track 2 SDK functionality and associated scenario tests. Their work included adding code related to Cassandra resources, database account operations, MongoDB operations, and SQL operations. The commits involved modifying C# code within the Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB project, adding new tests and updating recordings to reflect the changes. This suggests a focus on expanding the SDK's capabilities and ensuring its functionality through testing.
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