Yang Tang
Software Engineer at Databricks
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYang Tang is a software engineer in Chicago with a decade of combined industry and academic experience, currently building data and compute platforms at Databricks after designing large-scale dispatch and logistics microservices at Grubhub. He specializes in distributed systems, microservices, and high-throughput data pipelines using Java/Scala/Python and cloud-native tooling, and has led migrations from monoliths to resilient service architectures. His PhD research in electrical engineering underpins a strong analytical approach—he has invented and patented measurement techniques for anisotropic conductivity and translated that rigor into production decision frameworks used across 700+ markets. Known as an effective communicator and Agile advocate, he balances deep technical design with cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, reliable systems that move millions of orders daily.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Microelectronics, Bachelor’s Degree Microelectronics at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
television5
opentdb5
discord4
discord-bot4
discord-js4
nodejs3
javascript2
tournament2
piracy2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
eecs394-s16/HappenstanceNew
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:42 pushes, 11 branches in 23 days
eecs394-s16/Happenstance
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:15 commits, 16 pushes, 7 branches in 9 days
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