Yi Yang is a Senior Sales Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging software engineering, DevOps, QA and enterprise pre-sales to drive high six-figure and multi-million deals across EMEA. At Vercel he shapes technical win plans, leads discovery and POCs, and partners with sales leadership to navigate complex enterprise buying cycles while mentoring and scaling sales engineering teams. He has a track record of closing 7-figure ARR deals—including one that helped a former employer surpass $100M ARR—and frequently represents companies as a technical evangelist at conferences. Fluent in German and steeped in hands-on development experience, Yi blends deep technical credibility with strategic deal leadership and a practical interest in generative AI, MCP, and AI agents that informs how modern platforms boost engineering productivity.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), International Management for Business and Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), International Management for Business and Information Technology at Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)
German, English, Chinese, Chinese, Spanish, French
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