Yi Mao
@yimao
Senior full-stack engineer delivering scalable web and ML-integrated systems with product focus.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a senior full-stack engineer with 6+ years building high-impact web applications at Google, Rippling, Zip, and Otter.ai, focused on end-to-end ownership across frontend and backend.
I design and implement scalable systems using React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, and Python, and have integrated ML inference, real-time streaming, and high-throughput ingestion pipelines in production.
My work has reduced CPU load and processing time, supported hundreds of thousands of audio hours monthly, and enabled real-time collaborative features and search across millions of entries.
I partner closely with product and customer-facing teams to improve UX, run experiments, and ship reliable services deployed on Kubernetes and AWS.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
OTDeveloped real-time meeting transcription and collaborative editing features used by 10,000+ daily users and integrated speech-to-text and summarization ML pipelines processing 500K+ hours of audio/month, reducing CPU load by 30% and processing time by 40% for large meetings.
Software Engineer
Zip
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023 (7 months)
Built procurement and request management features with React, TypeScript, Python and GraphQL, enabling customizable approval workflows and real-time request tracking via GraphQL subscriptions.
Software Engineer
Rippling
Apr 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 4 months)
Delivered full-stack features for Time & Attendance and Scheduling using Go, Python, React and React Native, building APIs and mobile time-clock functionality and deploying event-driven services with Kafka and gRPC.
GOBuilt an internal AutoML web platform for Robotics using Angular and TypeScript with Go/gRPC backends to manage TPU training jobs, integrating orchestration and storage systems and improving researcher usability.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UMUniversity of Maryland
Master of Science, Unknown
Completed a Master of Science degree at the University of Maryland, awarded in April 2019.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
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