Kangrong Yan is a seasoned engineering leader with over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Currently serving as the Head of Core Engineering at Atlassian, Kangrong has been instrumental in leading the company’s core infrastructure, reliability, and cost efficiency efforts. His leadership was pivotal in Atlassian’s journey to engineer its government cloud and achieve FedRAMP Moderate “Agency ATO” in December 2024.
Before joining Atlassian, Kangrong held significant roles at Meta and Microsoft. At Meta, he was the Head of Engineering and Engineering Director for Facebook Gaming, where he led the team to build the Facebook Cloud Gaming platform from scratch and grow the Facebook Gaming Video platform by more than 12x. At Microsoft, where his engineering journey began, his tenure was marked by his role as Partner Group Engineering Manager, where he scaled Office 365 Exchange Online’s Identity system to support a billion-user email service and developed the Office 365 services access control system. He also contributed to the development of key features in Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange Server.
Kangrong’s technical acumen and leadership have consistently driven impactful engineering solutions across his career. He is known for his authentic leadership style, holding his team to high standards while fostering open communication. He is passionate about solving complex technical challenges and is committed to building scalable, reliable, and innovative products that deliver significant value to customers.