Yiwenย Wang
Software Engineer at AnitaB.org
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolYiwen Wang is a backend software engineer with nine years of experience who recently joined Google after building production recommendation systems and embedding-based ML components at Amazon. She pairs rigorous academic training in law (LLM, PhD coursework) with a master's in computer science, bringing a rare mix of legal analytical rigor and practical engineering across full-stack and ML-driven backend systems. Yiwen has led student and community organizationsโfounding a 300+ member Tech@Crossroads and serving as AnitaB.org Seattle Community Volunteer Leaderโdemonstrating strong technical mentorship and event/program execution. Her work spans blockchain data visualization, LLM prompting for title generation, and semantic token engineering for recommendations, showing a knack for translating research ideas into customer-facing features. Neurodivergent and community-oriented, she often bridges technical work with inclusive outreach, hosting lounges and workshops that engaged hundreds at major conferences.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Law, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Law at University of WashingtonCooperation Program Certificate Law, Cooperation Program Certificate Law at City University of Hong KongMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Laws - LLB International Economic Law, Bachelor of Laws - LLB International Economic Law at East China University of Political Science and LawMaster of Laws (LLM) Law, Master of Laws (LLM) Law at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese, Shanghainese
Github Skills (12)
noise6
digital-signal-processing5
audio-effect5
wave5
geometric5
simulation5
pitch4
propagation4
tuner4
audio-processing3
audio3
acoustics3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wyw97/sssx
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:79 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
wyw97/wyw97.github.io
Feb 2020 - Sep 2024
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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