# Cynthia Yin

> Senior Software Engineer | ex-Airbyte, Rockset, Cloudera, Stanford CS

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/cynthiayin

- 5.5 YOE working on enterprise data platforms (primarily Java backend) + Stanford CS '18
- Experience at both mid-size companies (Cloudera Manager extensibility & Private Cloud platform @ Cloudera) and startups (growth/orchestration/data connectors @ Rockset, acquired by OpenAI + data warehouse destination connectors @ Airbyte)
- Passionate about collaborating across functions to understand the big picture and do better work (especially program management, technical support, talent acquisition, and diversity & inclusion)
- Currently seeking new opportunities & ready to hit the ground running! :)

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Airbyte
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA
- Built new ETL/ELT connectors to efficiently move large volumes of data from any source to cloud data warehouse destinations, including Snowflake, Google BigQuery, and Amazon RedShift
- Led project management for the Amazon Redshift data connector with a focus on customer success
- Ran a beta program for 10 customers selected from sales prospects and the open-source community before general availability, accelerating rollout for subsequent projects from 2-3 months to 4-6 weeks

### Growth Engineer @ Rockset (acquired by OpenAI)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Mateo, CA
- Developed go-to-market strategies for a real-time analytics database with a product-led growth mindset by collaborating with product management, marketing, design/UX, and customer support
- Introduced data ingest visibility and new pricing tiers to engage more small, self-service accounts
- Consistently recognized by the CEO for providing excellent customer support

### Software Engineer @ Cloudera
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Palo Alto, CA
- Built key integrations for Apache Hadoop services on the Cloudera Manager data cluster management platform by frequently collaborating with ~15 teams across the global engineering organization
- Developed the control plane (environments, service discovery, and diagnostics) for Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Private Cloud running on RedHat OpenShift and Rancher Kubernetes Engine
- Drove quarterly product releases for the Cloudera Manager team alongside program management, product management, and documentation teams with a customer-first mindset
- As the de facto liaison between engineering and university recruiting, participated in 3 career fair events, conducted over 20 interviews, and mentored 2 intern/new grad hires
- Advised diversity & inclusion strategy, and helped launch the women and AAPI ERGs (employee resource groups) with ~25 active members each
- Organized quarterly social events for the Cloudera Manager team, from in-person events for ~20 local Bay Area employees to virtual events for ~50 team members across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC
- Led engineering all-hands for ~200 attendees during the chief-of-staff’s absence, following
unanimous nomination by leadership

### VP of External Affairs @ Stanford Society of Women Engineers
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Stanford, CA
- Organized weekly Speaker Series lunches, a yearlong Corporate Mentorship program, and an annual Evening with Industry roundtable dinner to connect ~100 chapter members with industry professionals
- Led a 4-person sub-committee to plan company tours and career development workshops
- Developed tiered sponsorship packages with the Executive Board to engage ~50 corporate partners annually

### Secretary @ Stanford Society of Women Engineers
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Stanford, CA
- Wrote a weekly e-newsletter for ~200 active readers to share internal updates and job opportunities
- Launched the “Women of SWE” project to feature 20+ members’ stories on our Facebook page

### Software Engineer Intern @ Amazon
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA
- Prototyped the first iteration of collaborative playlists for Amazon Music, backed by Amazon DynamoDB
- Collaborated with product management and web/mobile client teams to define the user experience

### Co-Director @ Spectra Hackathon
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Bruno, CA
- Organized the inaugural hackathon for ~150 women in tech on the West Coast at YouTube HQ
- Led public relations, marketing, social media strategy, and photography

### Software Engineer Intern @ Juniper Networks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Sunnyvale, CA
- Automated testing and streamlined debugging for the SRX/vSRX firewall development lifecycle (including pre-commit, submit-to-commit, and CI)

### Advisor @ Assembled (fka TenXList)
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
- Moderated a professional social network of 5,000 top college students in STEM
- Advised on community features and UX
- Assisted with in-person meet-ups in the Bay Area

### Research Intern @ Stanford University School of Medicine
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Stanford, CA
- Conducted simulations of PET/MRI brain imaging and presented findings to the Department of Radiology

### Research Assistant @ UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Los Angeles, CA
- Assisted with wet lab bench work to support innovations in breast cancer treatment
- Presented specific findings at 2 SLAS (Society of Laboratory Automation & Screening) conferences, Intel ISEF (International Science & Engineering Fair), and the California State Science Fair


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
Stanford University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Valedictorian
Westlake High School
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-23