Eric Yang

Eric Yang is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in infrastructure at Shopify since November 2025. Prior to this role, Eric held positions at Lightspeed Commerce from August 2022 to November 2025, serving as a Staff Software Engineer in both Financial Service and Common Service. Eric's experience also includes working as a Senior Software Engineer at SoundHound AI from January 2019 to September 2021, and as a Software Engineer at The New York Times from June 2012 to June 2018. Additionally, Eric began a professional career at Tsinghua University as a Software Engineer from June 2010 to April 2011. Eric Yang holds a Master of Science in Interactive Intelligence from Georgia Institute of Technology, expected in July 2025, and a Bachelor of Management in Engineering Management from Nanyang Normal University, earned in July 2010.