Yuxing Yao
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Shanghai, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuxing Yao is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building high-performance systems and distributed services at Microsoft, where he progressed from SDE II to principal roles focused on workflow and data platforms. He has deep C++ and cross-platform expertise applied to big data connectors, file formats (ORC), real-time sensor fusion, and mobile/VoIP clients, reflecting a rare mix of backend, systems and client-side engineering. A pragmatic software designer and quick learner, he repeatedly shipped scalable features for Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Flow while improving engineering systems and regional expansion. He is an active open-source maintainer—author of a 600+ star Socket.IO C++ client—demonstrating sustained community impact beyond his day job. Based in Shanghai with roots in electronic engineering from USTC, he pairs algorithmic problem solving with attention to performance and robustness. Colleagues know him as an energetic team player who thrives on complex technical challenges and cross-team collaboration.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Electronic Engineering & Information Science, Bachelor’s Degree Electronic Engineering & Information Science at University of Science and Technology of China
Chinese, English
Github Skills (50)
socket-io10
azure-sdk10
azure-functions10
dotnet10
selenium-ide10
socket10
sdk10
playback10
dotnet-core10
azure10
webextension10
csharp10
socket-io-client10
webdriver9
selenium9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
socketio/socket.io-client-cpp
Mar 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:14 releases, 154 commits, 27 PRs in 2 years 6 months
socket-io-clientsocketcppsocket-io
melode11/FastDTW-x
Dec 2013 - Jul 2016
Contributions:38 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 7 months
cppstanc-plus-plussalvadorporting
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