# Abby Yangzi Deng

> Software Engineer - Distributed Systems, Go

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/abbyyangzideng

I’m a Canadian Software Engineer passionate about Distributed Systems, with 3 years of experience at Datadog. Previously, I spent five years as a Product Manager at companies such as Baidu in China.

"Abby's enthusiasm is her biggest asset." — Team Lead at Datadog

"...your enthusiasm definitely came through when you were demo'ing and pitching your CLI tool at a past hackathon!" — feedback from coworkers at Datadog

"I loved your passion and knowledge regarding the platform - it was super impressive!" — feedback for being a demo-er for Datadog at AWS Summit Toronto 2022

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Datadog
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Committee Member of Women of Datadog @ Datadog
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

### Software Engineer @ Datadog
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Logistics Coordinator @ TEDxWhistler
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Software Engineering Intern @ Uber Freight
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Associate Technical Artist Co-op @ Electronic Arts (EA)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

### Software Engineer Intern @ Uber
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Research Assistant @ Simon Fraser University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Vancouver, Canada Area

### Teacher / Product Manager @ New Oriental Education & Technology Group
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Xi‘an, Shaanxi, China
- IELTS (International English Language Testing System): 7.5 / 9.0
- Cambridge TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test): 11 / 12
- IELTS Teacher for Academic Writing & Grammar / AP Computer Science (Java) Teacher

### Product Manager @ Zhihu.com
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Beijing City, China
Main Project: Payment & Coupon System in All Platforms (Team Scale: 15)

### Software Product Manager @ Xiaomi Technology
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Beijing City, China
Software Parts of Mi Drone
- Drones Control App on iOS / Android (Team Scale: 10)
- Software Strategies of Embedded Software (Team Scale: 10)
- Leader of Joint Debugging among 7 Teams

### Senior Product Designer @ Baidu, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Beijing City, China
Main Projects:
- DuWear Smart Watch Operating System (Team Scale: 20)
- Car-Pool in Baidu Maps (Team Scale: 30)
- Walking Navigation in Baidu Maps (Team Scale: 10)

### Assistant Product Manager Intern @ Tencent
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Beijing City, China
Prototype & Interaction Design for an iOS app.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Simon Fraser University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abbydeng

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Last updated: 2026-03-25