Yingyu Cheng is a Staff Engineer specializing in distributed systems with 13 years of experience building high-performance, revenue-critical backend platforms. Based in Bellevue, WA, she leads the design and operation of Tubi’s Rainmaker ad platform—integrating hundreds of real-time bidding partners and improving stability, scalability, and monetization while also owning ad data pipelines and infrastructure-as-code automation. Comfortable across the full stack, Yingyu pairs Scala-based backend engineering with frontend work (Node.js/React/TypeScript) and platform tooling (Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Envoy). Her background at Microsoft on large-scale ad APIs and middle-tier refactors informs a pragmatic approach to reliability and observability. Known for deepening the stack and broadening scope, she combines hands-on coding with systems thinking to turn complex ad-tech challenges into production-grade services.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Science, High School, Science at Zhaoqing Middle School
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2009, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 2009 at Northeast Normal University
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Yingyu Cheng - Staff Engineer - Distributed Systems at Tubi