Yiran Tian
Solutions Engineer Lead at TikTok
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolYiran Tian is a solutions-focused engineering leader with over 13 years of hands-on experience and 15+ years across the internet industry, known for turning ambitious product visions into scalable, revenue-generating platforms. He built pioneering consumer and ad-tech products—from the world’s first iPhone hotel booking app to the backend of Social.com, later acquired by Salesforce—and designed Experian’s first real-time bidding system that unlocked multi-million dollar recurring revenue. As CTO of a high-growth research firm he led a 200+ engineer transformation to cloud-native, real-time big data and NLP systems, doubling development efficiency and achieving near five-nines availability. Now at TikTok as Solutions Engineer Lead and with a track record advising travel VC deals, he blends deep technical architecture skills with commercial acumen and cross-cultural leadership. Notably, he founded the CTO Club within the China Computer Federation and is a National Science and Innovation Awards winner, reflecting a rare mix of technical innovation and industry influence.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSc in Software Engineering, MSc in Software Engineering at University of OxfordBSc with Honours, Computer Science, First Class, BSc with Honours, Computer Science, First Class at University of Nottingham
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (72)
web-application10
python10
design-patterns10
scale10
webapp10
anki10
dotnet9
tiles9
system9
large-scale9
csharp9
maps8
database8
linux8
javascript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
leontyr/OAuth
Jun 2013 - Aug 2014
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year 1 month
leontyr/test
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 months
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