Yifan Guo
About Yifan Guo
Yifan Guo is a Senior Software Engineer at Capital One, recognized as a TechStar for his contributions to technology development. He specializes in machine learning, dashboard creation, and API management, and has authored a book on the subject.
Work at Capital One
Yifan Guo currently serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Capital One, a position held since 2024 in Plano, Texas. Prior to this role, Guo worked at Capital One as an Associate Software Engineer from 2017 to 2020 and then as a Software Engineer from 2020 to 2024, both in McLean, Virginia. Throughout these positions, Guo has contributed to various projects, including the development of a Slack bot that utilizes unsupervised machine learning to address complex queries, which received recognition at the Capital One Internal Machine Learning Hackathon.
Education and Expertise
Yifan Guo earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University, completing the program from 2013 to 2017. This educational background laid the foundation for Guo's expertise in software engineering and machine learning. Guo has demonstrated proficiency in managing deployment pipelines and disaster recovery for Consent APIs, utilizing AWS and Docker technologies.
Achievements
Guo has been recognized as a TechStar for excellence in technology development, inner-sourcing, and reuse. One notable achievement includes winning the best presentation award at the Capital One 2021 Internal Machine Learning Hackathon for developing a Slack bot that employs unsupervised machine learning methods. Guo also actively shares knowledge on technology and AI through a Medium blog and has self-published a book on Machine Learning.
Technical Skills and Contributions
In the realm of software engineering, Yifan Guo specializes in building dashboards using Splunk and New Relic for real-time error monitoring and code performance insights. Guo's technical contributions extend to managing and optimizing deployment processes and ensuring robust disaster recovery capabilities for various applications.