Lin Yang

Software Engineering Leader

Singapore

About

A well-rounded and accomplished software engineering leader with 20+ year’s experience in managing high-performance teams and building effective cross-functional relationship for Fortune 500, midsize, and start-up companies in Silicon Valley and Singapore. • Adept at driving innovation, setting visions, and growing teams. • Strong technical expertise in modern software stacks: platform & application development, cloud, machine learning, mobile, automation and quality, CI/CD, tooling, monitoring, and DevOps. • Proven track record of building diverse teams from the ground up, developing leaders, and significantly improving employee job satisfaction. Scaled and mentored global teams of 100+ members. • Drove initiatives to improve developer productivity and scalability. • Proficient in leading and influencing, with a focus on building effective relationships with cross-functional teams.

Experience

  • Engineering Manager II at Google
    Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    - Led Search Profile and Identity team, built scalable products to support Google users - Partnered with cross-organizational and cross-functional teams to define product strategy, align goals and priorities and drive execution

  • Director, Software Engineering at Indeed.com
    Jun 2020 - May 2023 · 3 yrs

    -Built, grew, and led International Platforms organization with teams across Singapore, US, and Japan to scale Indeed in international markets. -Spearheaded the platformization of multiple Indeed core products, drove platform adoption.

  • Director of Software Development, Cloud Platform at GE Digital
    2017 - Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Led IOT platform monitoring team, built tools to monitor microservices-based platform and application

  • Sr Manager, Mobile at Groupon
    2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

    Groupon iOS

  • Director of Software Engineering, Cloud and Mobile at athenahealth / Epocrates
    Aug 2011 - Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Cloud-based healthcare system • Led the culture and technology transition from manual operation to automation. Shorten release cycles with fully automated infrastructure configuration and provision, CI/CD and test. • Hired and scaled team; Grew leaders, mentored and motivated team members to maximize their potential.