Derek Yi Yang

Derek Yi Yang is a skilled Senior Backend Engineer at thelab, with a focus on building sophisticated and scalable web applications using the Django web framework and PostgreSQL. Previous roles include Backend Engineer at Backstage, Software Engineer at Birchbox, and Full Stack Developer at thelab, where virtualization using Docker played a key role in development and production environments. Earlier in the career, Derek served as a Digital Marketing Coordinator at ThomasNet, managing client campaigns and social media strategies, and held intelligence analyst positions in the United States Army Reserve, analyzing battlefield information and foreign media. Derek completed a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Economics at Columbia University and attended Dev Bootcamp for further development in software engineering.