Yashas Kumar
Staff Software Engineer at Meta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYashas Kumar is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 13 years of experience building production-grade systems at scale. Currently at Meta since 2016, he focuses on using technology to build tools that solve important problems, blending pragmatic engineering with a strong computer science foundation. A Carnegie Mellon computer science student with a mathematics minor, he pairs rigorous academic training with hands-on product delivery. He brings deep experience in large-codebase evolution, reliability, and cross-team collaboration that helps move complex projects from concept to production. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful technical leadership and for turning ambiguous requirements into maintainable solutions. Outside of work he gravitates toward impactful tooling and infrastructure improvements that streamline developer velocity.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Kannada
Github Skills (7)
tango10
python9
rest-api9
restful8
rest8
react3
real-time-strategy1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
yrkumar/which-course
Feb 2013 - May 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 1 push in 3 years 3 months
reactcmucomparisons
yrkumar/yrkumar.github.io
Jan 2022 - May 2022
files for my personal website
Contributions:1 PR, 14 pushes, 1 comment in 4 months
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