JY

Jean Yang

AI for Security @ Meta | Founded Akita (acquired by Postman) | Former CMU professor

San Francisco Bay Area · 1 connection

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About

Software runs the world. My goal is to make it easy for everyone to build software.

Experience

Senior Staff Software EngineerMeta
Jan 2026
Head of Engineering and Product - ObservabilityPostman
Jun 2023 to Oct 2025
Founder and CEOAkita Software Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2018 to Jul 2023
Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University
Aug 2016 to Aug 2020
Postdoctoral Researcher (Gap Year)Harvard Medical School
Sep 2015 to Aug 2016
Research InternHarvard Medical School
May 2006 to Aug 2006
Research AssistantMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Aug 2008 to Aug 2015
Software Engineering InternFacebook
Jul 2012 to Oct 2012
Research Intern - Research in Software EngineeringMicrosoft
Jun 2010 to Sep 2010
Research Intern - Operating SystemsMicrosoft
Jun 2009 to Sep 2009
Software Engineering InternPeerium Inc. Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jun 2008 to Aug 2008
Software Engineering Intern - Video SearchGoogle
Jun 2007 to Aug 2007
Software Development InternBNY Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jun 2005 to Aug 2005

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Computer Science
2010 to 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. Computer Science
2008 to 2010
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science
2004 to 2008