Zijian Li

About Zijian Li

Senior Software Dev Engineer in Yahoo Finance backend team. I\'m the domain expert on all things data analytics and ingestion for Yahoo Finance\'s Core and Premium products, I specialize in building and optimizing scalable backend solutions that power critical services.In my current role, I lead the digital transformation efforts within the Yahoo Finance backend team, driving the migration of our on-premises data center and services to AWS. I design, build, and maintain robust data analytics and ingestion pipelines leveraging technologies like Apache Spark and Storm, processing diverse datasets from MySQL, HDFS, HBase, and real-time quote streams. These pipelines ensure seamless ingestion into high-performance serving storage (Redis) and search systems (Elasticsearch), enabling reliable and efficient data delivery.Core skills- Programming: Java, Python, ProtoBuf- Databases & Storage: Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Cassandra- Big Data & Real-Time Processing: Apache Spark, Apache Storm, Apache pulsar- Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, AWSPassionate about solving complex data challenges and enhancing system performance, I am committed to driving impactful innovations in financial technology.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer

   Meta

   May 2025 — Present

   Capacity & Efficiency

Education

• University of Southern California

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science

  2016 — 2018

• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Sql
• Linux
• Php
• Web Development
• C++
• Python
• Java
• Selenium Webdriver
• C
• Javascript
• Apache Spark
• Html
• Laravel