Yongyan Rao
ML Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolYongyan Rao is an ML Software Development Engineer at AWS with five years of software engineering experience bridging high-performance C++ trading systems, university research software, and production-grade machine learning infrastructure. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics/Math and an MS in Computer Science, a blend that informs his strengths in quantitative problem-solving and rigorous system design. His background includes low-latency development at Akuna Capital and applied research engineering at the University of Chicago, now applied to scalable ML services in the cloud. Based in Chicago, he brings a rare combination of academic depth and production engineering, often translating complex mathematical ideas into reliable, performant code.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Physics/Math, Ph.D., Physics/Math at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at New York UniversityBachelor of Science, Physics, Bachelor of Science, Physics at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (53)
pytorch10
deploying10
python10
machine-learning-models10
jupyter10
scripting10
data-science10
mxnet10
machine-learning10
inference10
reinforcement-learning10
sagemaker10
amazon-sagemaker10
huggingface10
deep-learning10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yongyanrao/sagemaker-python-sdk
Jul 2022 - Apr 2023
A library for training and deploying machine learning models on Amazon SageMaker
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
deployingsagemakeramazon-sagemakerdeploying-machine-learningamazon
yongyanrao/sagemaker-training-toolkit
Sep 2022 - Apr 2023
Train machine learning models within a 🐳 Docker container using 🧠 Amazon SageMaker.
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
sagemakerpythonamazon-sagemakerdeep-learningamazon
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