Johnny Wang

Engineering Manager @ Linkedin Feed

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Make LinkedIn Feed more engaging

Experience

  • LinkedIn (8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Software Engineering Manager
      Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

      [2025-present] Driving AI adoption across 3 orgs of 1k engineers [2025-present] Responsible for supporting a team that operates LinkedIn's largest backends serving feed posts and social interactions [2023-2025] Responsible for supporting a team that enables partners to build on Feed with ease and speed [2022-2023] Responsible for supporting a team that brought repost list and repost to the LinkedIn Feed.

    • Staff Software Engineer
      Dec 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Responsible for leading Java API development for LinkedIn Feed

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Feb 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for developing Java API for LinkedIn Feed

  • Silvus Technologies, Inc. (Los Angeles Metropolitan Area)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs

      Leads development of breakthrough wireless communication algorithms in user and kernel space. Collaborates with hardware and system engineers to plan, execute and deliver government / commercial / academic projects totaling 2.8 million dollars to date • Led software implementation of Transmitter Beamforming, a first-of-its-kind technology in tactical radio industry that improves wireless communication range by 4 times without increased power consumption. Widely used in unmanned systems, transportation, military / law enforcement, and broadcasting. Sped up computation speed by 3 times in later revisions. • Led software development of Interference Immune technologies on radio prototypes for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects. • Designed and implemented Pair-wise RF Ranging System, in collaboration with Applied Physics Lab (APL) of John Hopkins University. Capable of providing wireless ranging accuracy in meters. • Software implementation of wireless network defense data collection equipment

    • Embedded Software Engineer
      Feb 2013 - Jan 2016 · 3 yrs

      Responsible for full stack development of commercial product features. • Completed development life cycle of all product APIs from planning, design, to implementation and testing. • Led implementation of product security features including licensing, authentication and encryption in compliance with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS). • Designed and implemented automated firmware release pipeline and board bringup. • Implemented custom Linux boot loaders for Xilinx Zynq ARM platform. • Web interface development for customer demonstrations and evaluations.

  • UCLA (Los Angeles Metropolitan Area)
    • Teaching Assistant
      Jan 2011 - Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for teaching 6 quarters of Digital Signal Processing Lab course at UCLA. • Developed programming lectures and lab exercises involving programming TI DSP boards with C code.

    • Graduate Student Researcher
      Apr 2010 - Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Responsible for leading software development of a self-adaptive wireless communication radio prototype in fulfillment of an Organization of Naval Research (ONR) contract. • Developed protocol and algorithm based on theoretical models. • Result published on IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS.