Summary
Yang Yang is a Senior Software Engineer based in Melbourne with 12 years building scalable, event-driven systems across AWS, fintech, and enterprise software. An AWS Certified Solutions Architect, he has led solution design and published operational frameworks at AWS and modernized core architectures—introducing Kafka-driven, event-first platforms at Afterpay and building production-grade CDK/EKS stacks. Proficient in JVM languages (Java, Clojure), Spring, React, TypeScript and Python, he blends backend distributed systems expertise with front-end integration experience (including WASM 3D viewers). Known for setting team-wide tech standards and reusable patterns, he repeatedly turns complex cross-team requirements into maintainable, secure solutions. A pragmatic engineer who prefers delivering durable infrastructure over temporary fixes, he currently contributes to platform and product engineering at Atlassian.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Science (BS), Computer Software Engineering at University of Electronic Science and Technology