# Gina Wang

![Gina Wang](/resources/cognition/portraits/gina-wang.webp)

![Gina Wang 2](/resources/cognition/portraits/gina-wang.webp)

Deployed Engineer at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf); ex-Windsurf, Scale AI GenAI; Emory CS & Business '26  
Cognition  
New York City Metropolitan Area

## At Cognition

- Role: Deployed Engineer (Engineering)
- Joined: Jan 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Software Engineer, Emory University - Goizueta Business School
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf) (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang
- GitHub: https://github.com/gina-wang-1021
- Website: https://personal-website-kohl-phi-69.vercel.app
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Currently a Deployed Engineer at Cognition (makers of Devin and, since the July 2025 acquisition, Windsurf), based in the New York City area; the role started in 2026, right after she finished at Emory. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Joined Cognition through the Windsurf (Codeium) route: her LinkedIn lists Deployed Engineer at Windsurf ending Aug 2025, the month after Cognition announced it was acquiring Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Was a panelist at Windsurf's 'What's New in Windsurf - Wave 11' webinar on July 23, 2025, listed as 'Gina Wang, Deployed Engineer at Windsurf' alongside Andrew Zhao and Eashan Sinha. The webinar demoed product advances and real-world team workflows in Windsurf's AI-first IDE, so customer-facing demos were part of her job. (https://windsurf.com/events/wave_11_webinar)
- Won 1st place at the CaseIT MIS Case Competition (Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) in Feb 2026, with Goizueta BBA teammates Jenny Jiang, Sarah Hao and Timothy (Tim) Li, coached by Libby Egnor. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreahershatter_this-congrats-jenny-jiang-sarah-hao-activity-7433126801574367232-dClm)
- Co-presented a Windsurf x APARAVI hands-on workshop (late July 2025) with Eashan Sinha and Aaron Jimenez. (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7355949339820605441)
- Interned at Scale AI on the GenAI team in 2025, before Windsurf. Her GitHub README sums up her path as 'Prev @ Windsurf, Scale AI'. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Peers on the Windsurf deployed-engineering team around the acquisition included Eashan Sinha and Andrew Zhao (named co-panelists). (https://windsurf.com/events/wave_11_webinar)
- Built EIIG's 'Early Analyst Experience Grading Report System' (a React/Vite web app on Vercel, repo EIIG_Grading_System), applying her coding to run the fund's analyst program. (https://eiig-grading-system.vercel.app)
- Public headline says "Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Forked kubernetes 'k8s-autoscaler' ('Autoscaling components for Kubernetes') in July 2026, a few months into the Cognition role. (https://github.com/gina-wang-1021)
- Open source: GitHub gina-wang-1021 (created May 2023) has 8 public repos, mostly JavaScript/Python/CSS. They include personal_website (Vercel), EIIG_Grading_System, math_tutor (Python), Jarvis_Smart_Assistant (Python), Wordle_Game and time-tracking-dashboard. Badges include Pull Shark, Pair Extraordinaire, Quickdraw and YOLO. (https://github.com/gina-wang-1021)
- Software Engineer at Emory University's Goizueta Business School from 2024 to 2026, building software for the business school while still a student. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Listed as Yi-Chi Wang in the Emory University 2026 Commencement program (May 2026). (https://fliphtml5.com/fedsz/cywc/Emory_2026_Commencement_Program_5-7-26/)
- Contributor to dlion168/learning-to-read-chinese, a Flutter/Dart app for learning to read Chinese (350 commits, last updated May 2024). (https://github.com/dlion168/learning-to-read-chinese)
- Her Cake profile describes her as 'a senior from Taiwan studying Computer Science and Finance at Emory... Passionate about tech, sustainability, and finance', while GitHub says 'Computer Science & Business @ Emory'. (https://www.cake.me/me/gina-wang-a0b7f0)
- Lists English, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin on LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Location is New York City Metropolitan Area. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang)
- Did Frontend Mentor coding challenges (blog preview card, QR code component) under gina-wang-1021, showing self-taught front-end practice. (https://www.frontendmentor.io/solutions/card-preview-with-html-and-css-_roJ6w5KZn)

## Experience
- Deployed Engineer at Cognition (Jan 2026 - Present)
- Software Engineer at Emory University - Goizueta Business School (Jan 2024 - Jan 2026)
- Deployed Engineer at Windsurf (Jan 2025 - Aug 2025)
- Intern - GenAI at Scale AI (Jan 2025 - Jan 2025)

## Education
- Emory University

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/yi-chi-wang
- https://github.com/gina-wang-1021/
- https://api.github.com/users/gina-wang-1021/repos?per_page=100
- https://www.cake.me/me/gina-wang-a0b7f0
- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7355949339820605441
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreahershatter_this-congrats-jenny-jiang-sarah-hao-activity-7433126801574367232-dClm
- https://windsurf.com/events/wave_11_webinar
- https://github.com/dlion168/learning-to-read-chinese
- https://eiig-grading-system.vercel.app
- https://fliphtml5.com/fedsz/cywc/Emory_2026_Commencement_Program_5-7-26/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/libby-egnor-04518637?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAetrLUBtF6nPC1Nt_wT2tfEkx-zdi8pjzk
- https://github.com/gina-wang-1021
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-crossed-1b-in-annualized-revenue-ugcPost-7509265868359643136-yfIj?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAHCgwk8B2dfBl99xMLkVLk_nKvrCoRrOV40
- https://www.frontendmentor.io/solutions/card-preview-with-html-and-css-_roJ6w5KZn


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gina-wang · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people