Yelin Hong
Software Engineer at Meta
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYelin Hong is a senior software engineer and technical lead with 12 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and security-focused cloud services. Based in Seattle, she has led engineering and security teams at Amazon to deliver data loss prevention and exfiltration protection for Alexa, and now continues to drive technical strategy at Meta. Her background uniquely blends computer science and journalism from Columbia, enabling her to translate complex technical problems into clear, data-driven product decisions and technical roadmaps. Early roles in data visualization and investigative journalism sharpened her skills in storytelling with data, while embedded systems work grounds her in low-level engineering. Known for mentoring engineers and shaping secure, production-grade tooling, she combines tactical delivery with long-term architecture thinking.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Journalism, Master of Science (M.S.), Journalism at Columbia University - Graduate School of JournalismBachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at Southeast UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Columbia EngineeringExchange Program, Computer Science, Exchange Program, Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University
Chinese
Github Skills (1)
mysql1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hylbyj/best-places-to-work-in-2017
Dec 2017 - Apr 2022
This is the interactive project created for Pensions & Investments. The project is about the summary of the best places to work in money management in 2017.
Contributions:4 reviews, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 4 years 4 months
moneypythoninvestmentsmoney-management
hylbyj/hylbyj.github.io
Dec 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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