Work with me
I work across engineering, AI, technical leadership, product judgment, and structured communication.
Most of my work is building systems, leading engineering work, and turning ambiguous problems into decisions. I am especially interested in future full-time roles in engineering leadership, AI engineering, and technical strategy, and glad to have those conversations early — alongside collaborations, advisory engagements, and conversations about a specific career or workplace question.
You might be here because
You may have work to do but no clear sense of why you are doing it, be expected to create direction without enough context, or want to ask for support before you have the facts to make a credible case.
What I can contribute
What you leave with
A consultation is not a promise of a perfect answer. It is a focused conversation that turns a vague work problem into a shared diagnosis and an actionable next step.
For more complex transitions or team problems, the output can become a written brief, a 30–90 day plan, or a short follow-up engagement.
Why this work
I have more than 10 years of experience in internet and large technology companies, including more than 5 years in senior management. I served as a second-line manager, formally responsible for an engineering organization of 50+ people and directly managing four frontline managers, including teams across regions and time zones. My work has included hiring, promotion coaching, technical planning, coordination across teams, promotion review, and talent assessment. I also served on promotion review committees.
I have also spent years teaching and sharing engineering and management practice inside companies, reaching thousands of colleagues. I delivered multiple focused courses for 200+ frontline leaders and senior technical experts, receiving full-score feedback.
1,000+ interviews · 200+ hires within the organizations I led · 40+ senior engineers coached · 10+ frontline managers supported
Ways to work together
I can join a team, contribute to a project, review a difficult decision, facilitate a focused workshop, or provide ongoing advisory support. For individual questions, a single conversation or a focused review may be enough; deeper consulting can become a written plan or a short engagement.
Availability
I am especially interested in future full-time roles involving engineering leadership, AI engineering, technical strategy, or product and engineering decision-making, and welcome those conversations now. At the moment, I can take on consulting, advisory work, and exploratory conversations; scope, deliverables, timing, and consulting fees are discussed after the initial inquiry.
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Email hello@liyuk.com with a brief introduction, what you are building or deciding, and the kind of role or collaboration you have in mind. If consulting is the right fit, we can define the scope together.
Start a conversation: hello@liyuk.comCurrently available for consulting, advisory work, and conversations — not open to roles that require a new employment relationship at this time.
San Francisco Bay Area, Pacific Time (PT).