Young Yang-Liauw

Young Yang-Liauw is an experienced engineering manager currently leading programming languages and runtime at Aptos Labs since March 2023. Prior to this role, Yang-Liauw served as an Engineering Manager at Meta from April 2018 to March 2023, overseeing infrastructure teams focused on developer platforms, logging, reliability, and smart contracts within Meta Financial Technologies. Yang-Liauw has held positions including Director of Engineering at Tarana Wireless, Inc., and Senior Hardware Design Engineer at Oracle, where responsibilities included leading complex technical projects and conducting design analyses. Academic credentials include a PhD and MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.