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Yan Xie

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Director of Engineering at Webflow
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Yan is an engineering leader specializing in AI-native platforms at Webflow. With a PhD in Parallel Computing, she previously spent over a decade at Google, leading large teams at YouTube focused on ads monetization, user growth, and auction systems, impacting billions of users.

Outside of her core role, Yan is passionate about fostering growth in others. She serves as a mentor for The Lighthouse Mentorship Program, a non-profit initiative dedicated to helping young professionals and early-stage startup founders succeed through monthly coaching sessions.

She is the author of a book on foundational algorithms titled "Algorithm Notes" and contributed to the Chinese edition of the "Recommender System Handbook".

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI-Native Platforms
Her current focus at Webflow is building an "AI-native Digital Experience Platform" for top global brands, leveraging her recent certification in Applied Generative AI.
Ad Monetization
She led YouTube's Shorts Ads Monetization and Ads Experience teams, focusing on sustainable growth through innovative ad products and high-quality ads for billions of users.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Director of Engineering
Webflow
9-2025
Mentor
The Lighthouse Mentorship Program 领航计划
12-2021 - 1-2026
Senior Staff Engineer & Senior Engineering Manager
YouTube
2-2016 - 12-2021
Staff Software Engineer & Engineering Manager
YouTube
7-2013 - 8-2015
Software Engineer
Microsoft
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Education
https://innermba.soundstrue.com/
Inner MBA Program
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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