Willie Yao

Willie Yao is currently leading engineering efforts at Scale, focusing on scaling Notion's infrastructure to accommodate future user growth, overseeing various teams and the India engineering site.

With a background in managing infrastructure teams at Notion and Airbnb, Willie has extensive experience in developer experience, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, security, trust, and privacy.

During his tenure at Airbnb, Willie managed the Developer Infrastructure group, providing essential building blocks for development processes across platforms, guiding teams through different phases of growth, including the challenging times of the COVID crisis and the transition to a publicly-traded company.

Apart from his professional achievements, Willie is passionate about reading, traveling, hiking, skiing, and mountaineering.

Willie Yao pursued his education in Computer Science, earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Harvard University.

His past roles include positions at Notion and Airbnb, as well as engagements with organizations like Greylock and Datadog.