Yu Dong
VP of Engineering, database kernel at PingCAP, a fast growing database startup behind TiDB (we’re hiring experts and talents for TiDB Cloud))
- Role
- VP of Engineering, Database Kernel of Tidb, Powered by Pingcap at TiDB, powered by PingCAP
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Yu Dong
Over 15+ years of successful track record as being passionate engineer, tech lead, product architect, team manager, director and senior director in different database products of Db2 z/OS, GaussDB, AnalyticDB (ADB), and TiDB. Proven ability in defining and architecting strategic database projects, building up and leading global teams of engineers to deliver innovative solutions and products for world-wide customers. Extensive experience in serving and collaborating with academia and open source communities with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from Purdue University.
Experience
VP of Engineering, Database Kernel of Tidb, Powered by Pingcap
Aug 2025 — Present · San Jose, CA, US
Education
The University of Osaka
Master’s Degree, Information System Engineering
1998 — 2001
University of Science and Technology Beijing
Bachelor’s Degree, Automation Enginnering
Purdue University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science
2001 — 2006
Skills
- C++
- Performance Tuning
- Big Data
- Software Engineering
- Agile Methodologies
- Java
- Software Development
- Sql
- Linux
- Ibm Db2
- Unix
- C
- Distributed Systems
- Db2
- Databases
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