Summary
Yufei Hu is a software engineer specializing in control plane design, distributed backend systems, and high-throughput caching, with eight years of industry experience. Currently at Stripe, they own a distributed caching platform that underpins low-latency, globally scalable services. Prior to Stripe, Yufei was at Oracle where they built and secured the Bastion service for OCI, engineering end-to-end components, automation, and MFA integration for cloud security at scale. At WeWork, they contributed as a backend engineer and data engineer, delivering a GraphQL-based data platform and end-to-end ETL pipelines in Kubernetes environments. With a solid foundation in electrical and computer engineering from SJTU and UCLA, Yufei blends systems software, networking, and security considerations to ship reliable, production-grade infrastructure. Based in South San Francisco, Yufei is a hands-on engineer who translates complex distributed systems into practical, auditable solutions and is comfortable working across security, data engineering, and platform teams.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.83/4.0, Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.83/4.0 at University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.92/4.0, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.92/4.0 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University