Sarah Jade Yao

Sarah Jade Yao is a Software Engineering Intern at Apple, contributing to the Apple Books Engineering and Products Team since June 2024. Concurrently, Sarah serves as a Venture Fellow at Soma Capital and holds leadership roles at Stanford Marketing as President and Co-Director of Recruitment. As a Frontend Developer for Code in Place, Sarah collaborates with Chris Piech to enhance Stanford's online coding course, utilizing Figma and React. Previous experience includes a Business Analyst Intern position at Capital One and a Project Management Intern role at The Marriage Pact. Additional internships were completed at Tencent America as a UX Visual Design Intern and at Kleiner Perkins as a Design Finalist. Sarah's early work as a Research Assistant at Yale University School of Medicine contributed to a published paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Sarah is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Product Design at Stanford University.