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Hi 👋, I'm Zairui (Katherine) Yang

Software Engineer | Backend & Full-Stack Developer

🚀 About Me

🎓 Hi, my name is Zairui (Katherine) Yang, and I’m a passionate software engineer specializing in backend systems, data engineering, and full-stack development. I’m currently pursuing my MSc in Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 2025.

💼 Recent Experience:

  • Tesla (Factory Software Team) → Migrated a legacy .NET ETL system to Golang & React, optimizing scalability for 200+ factory processes and improving system efficiency.
  • SciFeCap (Quant Trading) → Built a WebSocket-based real-time data pipeline, reducing database load by 40% and enhancing financial signal processing.
  • MCIT Slack Bot → Developed an AI-powered alumni search tool integrating OpenAI API, Redis, and Celery, scaling to 300+ users.

🔗 Explore my Portfolio for more details on my projects and contributions.

💻 Tech Stack:

I have hands-on experience with Golang, Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, and SQL, and I work extensively with React.js, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Docker, and AWS. My passion lies in building scalable, high-performance systems and tackling complex engineering challenges.

🎵 Outside of Tech:

I love A Cappella 🎤, photography 📷, cooking 🍳,traveling & the outdoors ⛰️, and spending time with cats 🐈.

🌊 "To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life."

🏆 Achievements

  • 🥇 2nd Place @ MCIT Hackathon 2024
  • 🏆 Best Beginner Hack @ FemmeHack 2024

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or check out my GitHub.

💻 Skills

Languages

Go Python Java C++ JavaScript SQL

Backend & Data Engineering

Node.js Kafka FastAPI Redis Celery

Frontend

React Next.js TypeScript Express

Databases

PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL SQL Server

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Kubernetes Docker

📚 Project Catalog

Check out my pinned repos for the projects I build. (list continuously updating)

🌐 Full-Stack Development

  • Ufogram: An Instagram Full-Stack Clone built with React and Node.js.
  • IMDB Full-Stack Clone: A comprehensive IMDB clone with advanced search and optimized performance.

☕ Java Projects

  • FindFlora: A Java-based application providing personalized flower recommendations using machine learning.

🚀 Hackathon Winners

  • Task2Calendar: A Chrome Extension to clip assignment tasks from web pages directly to your calendar.
  • TimeToGoal: An iOS app combining short-term task planning and long-term goal tracking to help users stay focused.

🎮 Miscellaneous Projects

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LinkedIn Portfolio

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  1. mcit_hackathon_TaskToCalendar mcit_hackathon_TaskToCalendar Public

    a light-weighted Chrome Extension to clip tasks from webpages directly to calendars with one single click

    JavaScript 3 1

  2. TimeToGoal TimeToGoal Public

    Forked from tanhaow/TimeToGoal-Time-Tracking-iOS-App

    A time-tracking ios app that helps you put hours into your goals | "Your 1000-Hour Journey to Mastery Starts Now"

    Swift 1

  3. FindFlora FindFlora Public

    a Java-based recommendation engine using t-SNE techique and QuadTree algorithms

    Java 1

  4. zairuiy-coding.github.io zairuiy-coding.github.io Public

    Personal portfolio website of Zairui Yang built with React JS

    CSS 1

  5. IMDB-full-stack-clone IMDB-full-stack-clone Public

    A full-stack web application that provides searching and recommending for movies and TV series, built with ReactJS, NodeJS, and ExpressJS.

    JavaScript 2

  6. ufogram ufogram Public

    Instagram Full-Stack Clone built with React, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. Features user registration and authentication, real-time content feeds, multimedia uploading, and comprehensive testing.

    JavaScript 1 1