Qing Yang

iOS Infra Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • Airbnb (Full-time · 7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Staff Software Engineer
      Aug 2023 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      • Owned the iOS developer inner loop end-to-end for a large-scale iOS monorepo, spanning build performance, IDE usability, and local development tooling; enabled hundreds of engineers to build, iterate, and debug efficiently and achieved high CSAT from iOS developers. • Led Airbnb’s iOS build system migration from Buck to Bazel, delivering a seamless transition with zero developer disruption; authored the public Airbnb Engineering blog post documenting the migration. • Designed and shipped Crane, a Bazel-backed Xcode project generator used by all iOS engineers, leveraging Bazel capabilities while preserving full Xcode functionality including indexing, debugging, and UI previews. • Drove best-in-class iOS build performance through systems-level optimization across compilation, linking, code signing, and Bazel internals, delivering measurable improvements in developer productivity. • Contributed across the full iOS infrastructure stack, including CI systems, in-app framework architecture, and unit/UI testing infrastructure.

    • Senior Software Engineer
      Aug 2020 - Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Software Engineer
      Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Software Developer (iOS) at Epic
    Jul 2015 - Jan 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    • Contributed to a mobile team dedicated to developing physician-facing software for patient care management, with a primary focus on application infrastructure. • Developed functionality enabling physicians to view clinical media on iOS devices, enhancing the efficiency of medical workflows. • Identified and addressed bottlenecks in the development process by creating tailored tools • Provided mentorship to junior iOS developers and interns at Epic

  • Samsung Electronics (China) R&D Center (Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
    • Assistant Engineer
      Jun 2010 - Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Intern
      Jan 2010 - Jun 2010 · 6 mos