Yuan Liu
Software Engineer at Stripe
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuan Liu is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across Microsoft, Uber, and Stripe, where he now focuses on AI/ML strategy within the Machine Learning Foundations org. He has moved between hands-on engineering and multi-level management—most recently transitioning from Engineering Manager of Managers back to an individual contributor role to concentrate on technical strategy and product impact. Based in Seattle and trained at Tsinghua University, Yuan blends deep systems experience with practical ML deployment know-how. He writes about engineering, business, and management at lyncredible.com, and maintains a hacker mindset outside work as a "part-time hacker" on GitHub. Notably, his career arc shows a pattern of scaling teams and then returning to craft complex technical solutions, highlighting both leadership and execution strengths.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Software Engineering at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (65)
office36510
hyper10
spfx10
linux10
shell10
cli10
onedrive10
powerbi10
zsh10
microsoft10
oh-my-zsh9
javascript9
html9
python9
bash9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Lyncredible/influxdata-docker
May 2018 - Nov 2021
Official docker images for the influxdata stack
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
dockerinfluxdatainfluxdbgrafanadocker-images
Lyncredible/dotfiles
Jul 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:81 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 9 months
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