Summary
Yong Tan is a pragmatic back-end developer with nine years of software experience, currently building services at foodpanda after recent roles delivering Java SpringBoot APIs and operational tooling at OKX and other organizations. He blends strong backend skills—Java, Spring, SQL, Redis, Kafka—with practical full-stack and cloud experience from projects using Django, Svelte, AWS and automation for data pipelines. Comfortable coordinating across regions in Mandarin and English, he has a track record of turning messy data into production-ready systems (including large-scale web scrapers and LLM-powered corporate chat tools). A National University of Singapore computer science graduate, Yong pairs a curiosity for new computing domains with hands-on engineering discipline honed in both commercial and defense projects. An avid musician and cyclist, he often brings creativity and persistence to problem solving beyond the keyboard.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Rank Points: 90/90, Rank Points: 90/90 at Raffles Institution
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Hons 2nd Upper, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Hons 2nd Upper at National University of Singapore
English, Chinese, Japanese