Hi, I’m

James Yan

I’m a junior at Brown University studying computer science and applied math.

Experience & Projects

Software Engineer Intern

IBM · 2026

Automated elements of database security test generation and validation by building a multi-agent framework, reducing development time for a full suite by 33% from 12 weeks to 8 weeks.
- Python
- Java
- LangGraph
- AWS
Student Researcher

Brown Systems Research Group · 2026

Developed the evaluation pipeline for ALTO (EuroMLSys 2024), a network orchestrator that reduces the end to end latency in AI systems through more efficient scheduling and pipelining of streamed data.
- Python
- vLLM
- ZeroMQ
- AI Infrastructure
Opal — LLM Inference Platform Simulator

IBM / Open Source · 2026

Improved worker telemetry by logging user request KV Cache hits across heterogenous memory tiers (VRAM, SRAM, SSD, distributedFS) at token granularity.
GitHub
- Python
- Model Serving
- Distributed Systems
Snowcast — Audio Streaming Service

Project · 2026

Fault tolerant backend server group for an audio streaming service. Implements primary backup replication and write-ahead logging.

GitHub System Design
- Go
- gRPC
- etcd
- Computer Networking
MapReduce Implementation

Project · 2026

Custom MapReduce framework supporting arbitrary map/reduce functions across a fleet of worker machines.
GitHub
- JavaScript
- AWS
- Distributed Systems

Contact

Always happy to connect! Currently seeking spring and summer 2027 opportunities.

linkedin.com/in/james-d-yan github.com/jamesyan2028 [email protected]

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