Yulin Dong
Sr. Product QA Manager at Ava Labs
United States
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Top SchoolYulin Dong is a seasoned software engineering leader with over 10 years of experience driving product quality and delivery for global, multi-billion dollar companies, currently serving as Sr. Product QA Manager at Ava Labs. He has built and led cross-border engineering and QA teams, architected customer-facing features used by millions, and helped products generate hundreds of millions in annual revenue. A hands-on engineer earlier in his career, Yulin contributed to core networking and subnet EVM work in the Avalanche open-source ecosystem, bridging low-level Go networking with DevOps and documentation. He authored an industry protocol (LBURP/IETF RFC 4373) that improved LDAP replication performance by an order of magnitude and has a track record of improving engineering productivity and software performance. Comfortable operating between product, engineering, and stakeholders, he combines deep technical breadth—from C/C++ and Java to cloud and front-end stacks—with strong program management and communication skills. Colleagues describe him as a fast learner and collaborative problem-solver who excels at scaling teams and processes across cultures.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Walden UniversityBS, Applied Mathematics, BS, Applied Mathematics at Renmin University of ChinaMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chinese
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Github Skills (18)
protocol-buffers10
testing10
evm10
networking10
go10
avalanche10
blockchain10
docusaurus10
documentation10
cicd9
front-end-development8
scripting7
javascript7
script7
react7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ava-labs/builders-hub
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Avalanche Builders Hub
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Front-end Developer
Technical Writer & Front-end DeveloperContributions:1204 reviews, 619 commits, 983 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Yulin primarily focused on updating and maintaining documentation for the Avalanche Dev Docs, demonstrating a technical writing role. Their contributions included modifying the sidebar navigation, updating external links, and reorganizing existing documentation content. They also made front-end modifications, such as adjusting titles, adding meta data, and modifying the layout of the website.
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ava-labs/subnet-evm
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
Launch your own EVM as an Avalanche Subnet
Role in this project:Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 33 commits, 21 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Yulin contributed to multiple aspects of the `subnet-evm` repository, indicating a broad skillset. Their work includes modifying test configurations, which suggests involvement in testing and quality assurance. The user also made changes to the build and run scripts. They also made updates related to AvalancheGo compatibility and bump versions.
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