Software Engineer Senior

Yi Li Senior Software Engineer

***********@*****.*** 312-***-**** Kirkland, WA https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-li-100/ Profile

Builder at heart, I've spent over 10 years of experience from crafting UI and BI solutions at MicroStrategy to scaling UI systems at Amazon. I focus on clean code, fast interfaces, and building tools that teams love to use. Professional Experience

Amazon, Senior Software Engineer 11/2017 – Present Seattle, WA Spearheaded the development of Amplify-UI, Amazon's internal SaaS platform, standardizing UI/UX across web and mobile products.

•Engineered accessible, reusable React components (WCAG-compliant) with Redux, Tailwind CSS, and Shadcn, improving front-end velocity and inclusion.

•Optimized React Native apps for iOS/Android, cutting load times by 12% and improving performance consistency.

•Deployed Vue.js micro-dashboards for admin tools, prioritizing fast load times and minimal build overhead.

•Enhanced frontend performance with Next.js static generation (SSG) and server-side rendering (SSR), improving SEO and page speed.

•Built robust RESTful APIs using NestJS (Node.js) and Django (Python) for metadata and configuration services.

•Extended backend capabilities with secure, performant services in C# (.NET), supporting microservice integrations.

•Integrated Stripe APIs for automated billing, subscription lifecycle, and secure payment handling.

•Managed scalable AWS infrastructure: Cognito (auth), ECS (containers), Lambda (serverless), ensuring high availability.

•Deployed production-ready AI dev tooling using Python, LangChain, and OpenAI APIs to enhance code authoring workflows.

•Maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, ensuring high test coverage across unit, integration, and E2E suites. MicroStrategy, Senior Software Engineer 05/2013 – 11/2017 Tysons Corner, VA Built analytics features and web apps using MicroStrategy’s custom JavaScript library 'Mojo' combining Dojo and jQuery-like tools for advanced UI and BI solutions.

•Engineered responsive web applications using React.js and TypeScript to deliver intuitive dashboards and data exploration tools for enterprise users.

•Modernized legacy JavaScript and JSP-based modules, migrating functionality into Angular and React frameworks to streamline performance and maintainability.

•Built high-throughput backend services with Node.js and Java Spring Boot to support complex query execution and metadata-driven data modeling.

•Developed and maintained RESTful and GraphQL APIs for secure, efficient access to analytics data and user configurations.

•Containerized microservices using Docker and managed orchestrated deployments with Kubernetes, improving release cycles and scalability.

•Integrated Kafka-based messaging pipelines for real-time event tracking, audit logging, and proactive system health diagnostics.

•Implemented caching strategies using Redis and CDN configurations to reduce dashboard load times by over 35% across global regions.

•Built dynamic ETL pipelines using Python and Airflow to ingest, cleanse, and transform multi-source enterprise datasets.

•Integrated Single Sign-On (SSO) and OAuth2-based authentication layers to support enterprise-grade user management and governance.

•Contributed to the development of MicroStrategy mobile apps for iOS and Android, enabling real-time analytics access for field teams and executives.

Hook Mobile, Software Engineer Internship 11/2012 – 05/2013 Vienna, VA

•Built Android apps using the AGE SDK, integrating video ads triggered by call events based on Facebook user data.

•Replaced native Java methods with jQuery-powered web interfaces using WebView, streamlining cross-platform development.

•Contributed to SDK packaging, JavaDoc documentation, and internal tools to support app scalability and integration. Skills

Language: JavaScript, Typescript, Python, CSS, HTML, C#, QBasic, C++, Java Front End: React, Redux, React Hooks, React Native, Angular, Next.js, Vue, jQeruy, SASS, LESS, WebGL, Gatsby Styling: Tailwind, Shadcn, Material, Bootstrap, SCSS, LESS Backend: Node.js, Django, .NET, Express.js, Kafka, Java Spring, Laravel API: Rest API, GraphQL Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQLite, AWS DynamoDB, RDS Mobile: React Native, iOS, Android, Swift

AI / LLM / NLP: OpenAI, LangChain, NLP Document, Chatbot Development, LLM-driven Risk, Speech-to-Text Pipelines

CI / CD: Jenkins, Circle CI Cloud: AWS, iCloud, Azure, Google Cloud Tools: Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jest, xUnit, Postman

Education

Master Science in Computer Science, The George Washington University 2011 – 2012 Bachelor's Degree of Software Engineering,

Dalian University of Technology

2006 – 2010

Certificates

JavaScript (Advanced) Certificate

TypeScript Essentials Certification

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Certified React Developer

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Platinum MicroStrategy Certified Developer

Awards

Employee of November

2007 – 2008 Academic Year National Scholarship

Liaoning Province Collegiate Programing Contest 2008, Second Prize 2008 DUT ACM/ICPC Programing Contest, Second Prize 2006 – 2007 Academic Year National Scholarship

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