Ankun Yu

I am a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer with a strong background in Ruby on Rails, React, and various web technologies. With over 14 years of experience, I have a proven track record of successfully leading and contributing to complex projects.

About Me

Howdy! I’m Ankun Yu, a highly skilled engineer with a strong background in Ruby on Rails, React, and various web technologies. I live in Round Rock, TX – a satellite city of Austin. With over 14 years of experience, I have a proven track record of successfully leading and contributing to complex projects. My career highlights include:

  • Procore Technologies (4/2023 – Present):
    • Currently serving as a Principal Software Engineer, driving platform projects and architecting solutions.
    • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate systems and align on timelines.
    • Mentoring engineers to enhance code quality and resolve performance issues.
  • Rooster Teeth Productions (7/2017 – 3/2020):
    • Led end-to-end backend development and served as a tech lead, designing stack architecture and mentoring developers.
    • Implemented an OAuth service, a payment service, a notification service, and a video playback tracking service.
  • Focus Solutions, Inc (5/2012 – 7/2017):
    • Worked as a Tech Lead, managing project milestones and collaborating across business functions.
    • Led the development of document generation and management systems, a CMS, and an SSO-CAS service.
  • XingCloud (4/2011 – 5/2012):
    • Designed and implemented a Rails-based cloud monitor system.
    • Contributed to open-source projects and introduced new technologies to the team.
  • Other Roles:
    • Gained experience in roles at Idapted, Inc and Alpha IT Technology, Inc, working on various web applications and systems.

Skills:

  • Proficient in Ruby on Rails, Golang, NodeJS, and ReactJS.
  • Experienced with various databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Memcached, Redis, ElasticSearch, and MongoDB.
  • Well-versed in DevOps practices, including Docker, Git, and AWS.
  • Skilled in testing frameworks like RSpec and Capybara.
  • Familiar with monitoring and logging tools such as Snowflake, Sumo Logic, New Relic, Datadog, and CircleCI.
  • Strong expertise in service-oriented and object-oriented architecture, RESTful APIs, and serverless technologies.

If you are interested to hire me, please checkout my experience, resume and Linkedin.