About

Yilei Wang is an accomplished Staff Software Engineer at Instacart with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. She has a strong background in software engineering, mobile development, and infrastructure. Prior to her current role, Yilei worked at Google as a Senior Software Engineer and Staff Software Engineer for Google Assistant. In this role, she was part of the core infrastructure team responsible for the Google Assistant 3rd party platform, Actions on Google. She played a key role in building and improving the storage system for storing Google Assistant apps developed by 3rd party developers, managing their lifecycle. Yilei also worked on building and improving the indexing/serving system to make 3rd party apps triggerable by proper invocation phrases. Before her role at Google Assistant, Yilei worked as a Software Engineer for Google Hands-Free, a pilot mobile app that enables hands-free transactions in stores. In this role, she built APIs and new features for both merchants and consumers. She was also responsible for the app growth effort, building reward, friends referral, and notification frameworks for the Hands-Free app. Yilei holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Peking University. Her technical expertise includes software engineering, senior software engineering, infrastructure, and mobile development. In her current role at Instacart, Yilei is responsible for designing and implementing software solutions that improve the customer experience. She collaborates with cross-functional teams to develop and implement new features and products. Yilei is highly skilled in problem-solving, critical thinking, and project management. She is a valuable asset to any team she works with and is always striving to learn and grow in her field.