Summary
Yimin Liu is a PhD candidate and seasoned software engineer with eight years of experience building cloud platforms and database engines, including Aurora PostgreSQL development at AWS and big data platform work at ByteDance. Proficient in C, C++, Java, and Python, he combines deep systems-level engineering with applied research from Tsinghua and Carnegie Mellon (M.S. in Computational Data Science, 3.90/4.00). His background spans database engine internals, protocol fuzz testing, and large-scale backend services, reflecting a rare blend of production-grade development and security-oriented research. Based in Shanghai, he brings a track record of shipping robust, performance-sensitive systems and a research mindset that surfaces unexpected edge-case fixes before they hit production.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software, 91.28/100, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software, 91.28/100 at Tsinghua University
Master’s Degree, Computational Data Science, 3.90/4.00, Master’s Degree, Computational Data Science, 3.90/4.00 at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Chinese