Yan Hong
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYan Hong is a Software Engineer II based in the Greater Seattle area with 11 years of experience building test automation and validation tooling for hardware-software products. At Microsoft he has driven full-cycle device validation for Surface Earbuds, Headphones and PCs, designing Python-based frameworks to measure battery life and power consumption across Windows, Android and iOS. He combines firmware test leadership with hands-on backend work—contributing unit-test improvements and Razor view factory enhancements to notable ASP.NET repositories—demonstrating both low-level device expertise and web framework fluency. Yan has led cross-continental teams, triaged high-impact Bluetooth and power-management issues, and built tools that turn test results into actionable insights for engineering and management. His background in electrical engineering and a master's in computer science underpin a practical blend of hardware, firmware, and software engineering. Colleagues rely on him for bridging validation requirements into automated, reproducible test systems that scale from prototype to production.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsBachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Jilin University
Github Skills (9)
asp-net-core-mvc10
unit-testing10
razor10
entity-framework10
asp-net-mvc10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
dependency-injection9
caching8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aspnet/MusicStore
Feb 2015 - May 2015
[Archived] MusicStore test application that uses ASP.NET/EF Core. Project moved to https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 22 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Yan primarily focused on improving the testability of the `aspnet/musicstore` repository. They modified existing controllers and related files to enable better unit testing. Additionally, the user added unit tests to cover key components like the `ManageController`, `ShoppingCartController`, `CheckoutController`, `CartSummaryComponent` and the `AnnouncementComponent`, demonstrating expertise in testing and ensuring code quality. Furthermore, the user refactored code related to AntiForgery tokens and included changes that leveraged session and cookie functionality within the application.
musicstoredotnetaspnetaspasp-net-core-mvc
aspnet/Mvc
Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
[Archived] ASP.NET Core MVC is a model view controller framework for building dynamic web sites with clean separation of concerns, including the merged MVC, Web API, and Web Pages w/ Razor. Project moved to https://github.com/aspnet/AspNetCore
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 36 PRs, 61 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Yan primarily contributed to the Microsoft ASP.NET Core MVC framework, as evidenced by the code modifications. Their work focused on introducing and implementing the `RazorViewFactory` for the `RazorView`, as well as updates to the `RazorViewEngineTest` and `RazorViewFactoryTest`. Additionally, the user made changes to the `RazorView` and `IRazorViewFactory.cs` files. The user also updated comments and sorted the usings.
razorcontrollermvc-coreweb-mvcseparation
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