Youngwook Yang
Principal Engineer at Second Dinner
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYoungwook Yang is a Principal Engineer and veteran game developer with 15 years of experience building high-profile multiplayer and live-service titles, including Hearthstone, MARVEL SNAP, and work across Netflix Game Studio and Second Dinner. He blends deep C++ gameplay, networking and tools expertise from console and PC eras with modern live-ops and studio leadership, repeatedly moving from hands-on prototyping to shipping scalable production systems. His background spans major studios (Blizzard, EA, Relic) and includes building matchmaking, network, and UI systems as well as leading gameplay engineering teams. Based in Irvine and recently augmented by graduate study in AI, he brings a rare mix of gameplay craftsmanship and AI-informed thinking to designing engaging player experiences. An understated thread through his career is a knack for implementing practical infrastructure—matchmaking, live support, and tooling—that keeps creative games stable at scale.
15 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) Artificial Intelligence at The University of Texas at AustinMasters Entertainment Technology, Masters Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Yonsei University
Korean, English
Github Skills (9)
generative-adversarial-network5
python4
deep-learning3
machine-learning3
diffusion-models3
data-science3
tensorflow3
chatgpt2
stable-diffusion2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
young2code/TicTacToeML
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:47 commits, 2 pushes in 8 days
young2code/IOCP
May 2011 - Sep 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 3 years 4 months
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