# Kelly Yu

> Software Engineer at Datadog

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kellyyu

Past adventures include traveling (Europe Bike Touring, Madeira Wine Festival, Essen Spiel), couch-building from scratch, and 3d printing by hand. Current adventures include woodworking, budget couture, sci-fi novels, Hades 2!!, mixology, and cozy cocktail lounges.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Datadog
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Team: Collaboration Integrations

### Senior Software Engineer, Campaigns @ Attentive
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Expedited new campaigns stats reporting aggregation built on top of the new-gen reporting platform
Led team of backend engineers in new Magic Composer project for initial phase
Led milestones of Send Time AI project within Magic Composer
Designed and executed incremental improvements to Campaigns domain and evangelized better practices cross teams

### Software Engineer, Campaigns @ Attentive
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Led campaign email stats reporting project using new internal stats engine across multiple phases
Ramped up new gen bulk sending pipeline from POC to Production Ready for initial clients
Designed new domain models for modern campaign scheduling and reporting initiative

### Software Engineer, Integrations and Public API @ Attentive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Designed and executed v1 of Integration Errors Pipeline
Designed and implemented build pipeline for internal and public docsite for company APIs
Collaborated on new ingestion framework paradigm for integration syncs
Led Event Based Triggers project for service-level guarantees of events to downstream teams
Created new generic framework for all inbound webhooks utilizing in-house gateway services
Provided utility endpoints for faster workflows for incident resolution and feature development
Led purchase attribution project for F&B integration

### Software Engineer, Answers @ Yext
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area
Developed components for Answers SDK, our search front-end library 
Leads in development of React.js components in the Hitchhikers project

### Software Engineer, Platform @ Yext
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
Developed infra for Analytics to migrate seamlessly into new Notifications 
Created and owned client data export service for Pendo internal team 
Saved bandwidth during asset upload with static serving improvements 
Designed and supervised Home Screens support for Partners
Mentored intern and taught Yext technologies and best coding practices

### Software Engineering Intern @ LinkedIn
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Mountain View, CA
Full-stack development using Flask, MySQL, SQLAlchemy, Ember.js
Created a redesigned dashboard to monitor product quality
Implemented REST endpoints for product metrics and ownership

### Teaching Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Ithaca, New York Area
Helped students in weekly office hours
    Graded homework and exams
    Supervised and taught concepts during lab hours

Spring 2015 - CS 1110
Fall 2015 - CS/INFO 1300
Fall 2015 - CS 4620
Spring 2016 - CS/INFO 2300
Spring 2016 - CS 2110

### Web Developer Intern @ LinkedIn
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA
Expanded consumer help and communication systems with REST api
    Developed multiple front-end features using JavaScript, Dust, SASS
    Extended the mid-tier of the Play web framework using Java and Scala

### Technical Intern / Database Assistant @ Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Designed a subset of organization website 
    Reworked information architecture of website with other interns


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Cornell University

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Cornell University

### High School Diploma in General Education
Rochester High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kly24

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Last updated: 2026-04-05