Yunlei Liu
Senior Software Engineer at TuSimple
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYunlei Liu is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building production-grade software across startups and large tech firms, currently contributing to autonomy-focused engineering at TuSimple from Bellevue, WA. His career includes impactful stints at GitHub and Microsoft and a multi-year progression at AppFolio where he moved from intern to senior engineer, demonstrating steady technical growth and ownership. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from UCLA and a B.S. in Computer Studies, pairing strong academic foundations with practical delivery. Known for navigating both product-facing features and backend systems, he brings proven reliability in fast-paced, scale-oriented environments. A detail not always obvious from titles: his trajectory reflects repeated role elevation within the same organizations, signaling strong internal trust and mentorship capability.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Studies, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Studies at Macao Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese
Github Skills (134)
backup10
editor10
github-enterprise10
translation10
electron10
elixir10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
jsdom10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
octokit9
javascript9
sdk9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
xmfun/xmfun
Nov 2012 - Oct 2014
Contributions:42 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
downloaderxiamiyet-anothermusicmusic-downloader
ipmsteven/todo
Feb 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:5 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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