Kevin Yang
@kevinyang1
Software engineer building scalable AI search and distributed microservices.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Software Development Engineer at AWS, partnering with principal product and engineering leadership to architect and deliver enterprise-scale semantic search. I’ve built AI infrastructure that translates LLM prompts into Neptune graph queries with full query traceability, powering capacity planning across AWS supply chain organizations.
I also lead end-to-end platform work—data integration and schema normalization for search foundations, backend pipelines for reliable distributed ingestion, and critical enterprise PLM migration with live synchronization plus historical backfill. On the front-end side, I set architectural direction for shared React-based systems, and I drive operational excellence through prompt runbooks, MCP server configurations, agent guidelines, canary deployments, and rigorous reliability practices.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Architected SearchV3, a semantic search platform translating LLM prompts into Neptune graph queries for organization-wide AI infrastructure capacity planning with full query traceability and enterprise search relevance. Led SearchV2-to-SearchV3 data integration and built distributed backend services (including PLM migration and CloudWatch RUM ingestion) delivering 99.999% SLA across AWS supply cha
Engineered Java reactive, event-driven microservices and implemented caching to improve replication and consistency across regional, partitioned supply chain systems spanning 50+ services and regions. Owned end-to-end development and deployments with AWS tooling/CDK and safely deprecated infrastructure, reducing operational costs by $20K/month while meeting fine-grained access control and complian
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Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts, Asian Studies (East Asia Specialization)
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies with an East Asia specialization at The University of Texas at Austin.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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United StatesAuthorized to work in
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