Yao Li
Software Engineer at University at Buffalo
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYao Li is a Full Stack Software Engineer based in San Jose with 12 years of experience building web, mobile, and distributed systems for e-commerce, fashion, telecommunications and both startups and tech giants. He is fluent across Java, Node.js, Python and Objective-C and experienced with NoSQL, Elasticsearch, Docker and multi-cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, Azure), enabling end-to-end delivery from APIs to scalable infrastructure. Yao pairs strong engineering execution with formal training—BS in Software Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from SUNY Buffalo—supplemented by recent nanodegree and business studies to bridge product and technical strategy. A pragmatic maker and active online presence (blog, GitHub, StackOverflow) underscores his habit of turning ideas into production-quality software and reusable patterns. Notably, he combines mobile and backend expertise to solve cross-platform performance and integration challenges that often span teams and cloud providers.
12 years of coding experience
Nanodegree, Nanodegree at UdacityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at State University of New York at BuffaloBE, Software Engineering, BE, Software Engineering at Jilin UniversityBusiness Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at Stanford University
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
2,146reputation
1.2mreached
75answers
4questions
elasticsearch
top-5%
logstash
top-5%
kibana
top-5%
Github Skills (119)
refresh10
tvos10
watchos10
logstash9
swift9
nav9
keystonejs9
elasticsearch9
kibana9
ios9
networking9
pull-to-refresh9
java9
nodejs9
xcode9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ericandoh/ParseTesting
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:328 pushes in 3 months
yao23/Machine_Learning_Playground
Apr 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:1045 commits, 1202 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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