Summary
Yiyao Jian is a Senior Software Engineer based in Old Toronto with seven years of hands-on experience building web and mobile systems across fintech, cloud, and enterprise platforms. With graduate degrees from Georgia Tech and King's College London and a background in mathematics, he blends strong theoretical grounding with practical full-stack delivery at companies including Confluent, IBM, and Binance.US. He has progressed from early full-stack roles to senior engineering at Confluent, demonstrating adaptability across high-throughput and security-sensitive domains. Comfortable shipping end-to-end features, he brings expertise in scalable backend services and mobile development informed by formal AI and web-development training. Colleagues know him for quickly translating complex requirements into reliable, production-ready solutions and for picking up advanced topics—evidenced by layered graduate study after an applied math bachelor’s degree.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Artificial Intelligence, Certificate Artificial Intelligence at University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
Web development, Web development at Lighthouse Labs
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Mathematics, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Mathematics at University of Saskatchewan
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS Advanced Computing, Master of Science - MS Advanced Computing at King's College London