Summary
Yuan Yuan is a Senior Software Engineer at AWS with eight years of experience designing and shipping high-performance control plane and networking software. He has deep expertise in network OS routing stacks, FRR/Quagga, Linux kernel integration, and low-level driver work from roles at AWS, Barefoot (Tofino), Juniper, and Huawei. Yuan combines systems-level C/C++ driver and platform development with .NET/C# web engineering skills, enabling him to bridge host-side services and ASIC/firmware interactions. His track record includes reworking large codebases (100K+ LOC), reducing manufacturing defects through test and DFX programs, and building resilient control-plane features for carrier-grade systems. Based in San Jose, he pairs rigorous academic training (USC M.S., top-ranked bachelor) with hands-on troubleshooting across hardware, firmware, and software stacks. Colleagues rely on him for practical solutions that span packet forwarding engines to cloud-native control plane services.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.81/4.0, Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.81/4.0 at University of Southern California
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Overall: 90/100, Major: 92/100, Ranked in Top 3%, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Overall: 90/100, Major: 92/100, Ranked in Top 3% at Soochow University (CN)
Chinese, English