Yan Liu
技术专家 at Alibaba Group
Beijing, China
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Top SchoolYan Liu is a seasoned R&D engineer with 11 years building high-performance internet infrastructure, currently serving as a 技术专家 at Alibaba Group. He brings deep C/C++ and Lua expertise, with hands-on experience in CDNs and Nginx development from roles at ChinaCache and leading CDN-focused teams. Yan combines research-oriented problem solving (硕士 in Computer Science from University of Petroleum East China) with production-grade software delivery, having progressed from software engineer roles at ifeng.com to senior engineering positions. Known for optimizing traffic delivery and low-level systems, he thrives on tackling latency and scalability challenges at internet scale. Based in Beijing, he blends academic rigor with practical impact across major Chinese internet companies.
12 years of coding experience
硕士, 计算机科学与技术, 硕士, 计算机科学与技术 at University of Petroleum East China学士, 计算机科学与技术, 学士, 计算机科学与技术 at University of Petroleum (East China)
Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (34)
git10
reverse-proxy10
github10
http10
openresty10
luajit10
lua10
http-client10
http-server10
api10
driver10
api-gateway10
ffi10
nginx-module10
serverless10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ssdr/RTFSC
Jun 2018 - Jun 2023
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
ssdr/site
Sep 2018 - Nov 2025
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Contributions:4 PRs, 268 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 2 months
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