Yusong Gao
Architect Of Token Factory at Ant Group
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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Top SchoolYusong Gao is a seasoned architect and engineering leader with 14 years building high-performance data infrastructure, real-time platforms, and cloud database products at scale. He has led teams of 20+ engineers at Alibaba Cloud managing millions of instances and hundreds of terabytes per day, and later co-founded ApeCloud where he shipped MyDuckServer (MySQL powered by DuckDB) and a Snowflake-like cloud data warehouse. Now architecting a Token Factory at Ant Group, he’s shifting focus from data infra to AI infra while retaining a strong systems and cost-efficiency mindset. Yusong pairs deep systems programming and middleware expertise (notable SIGMOD projects like Timon, LogStore, TcpRT, PolarDB Serverless) with product instincts from his MBA, making him adept at turning research-grade ideas into production services. He’s known for establishing GitHub-first, multi-region engineering workflows and for tackling hard trade-offs in real-time, high-throughput systems.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Rank 1/~110, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Rank 1/~110 at Shandong University of Science and TechnologyMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship & Investment Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship & Investment Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Github Skills (66)
postgresql10
olap10
duckdb10
database-management10
oltp10
sql10
embedded-database10
database10
mysql10
analytics10
cuda10
pytorch10
inference10
ip-filter10
complexity10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
GaoYusong/competitive-programming
Mar 2012 - Jun 2014
Contributions:13 commits, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
GaoYusong/erlang-traffic-control
Nov 2012 - Nov 2014
Contributions:51 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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