Summary
Yichao Wang is a tech lead based in Singapore with 11 years of software engineering experience and a strong foundation in Java, web development, and database systems. He currently leads engineering efforts at ByteDance after progressing from senior engineer roles where he contributed to the Global Ad Platform. Previously at Grab he worked on high-throughput data ingestion, real-time time-series storage (Talaria), and played SRE and infrastructure roles managing AWS via Terraform. Yichao combines hands-on systems design with production-scale operational experience, enabling experimentation and product insight across frontend, backend and data stacks. His background includes research in distributed indexing and KNN search, reflecting a persistent interest in performant, large-scale data systems. Colleagues know him for disciplined problem solving, teamwork, and an ability to bridge research ideas into reliable production services.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at ETH Zürich
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Chinese, English