Adam Chao
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Chao is a Senior Principal Software Engineer in San Diego with 11 years of experience building front-end systems and leading software/system integration for aerospace programs at Northrop Grumman. He blends hands-on Python, React, Qt, and JavaScript development with system architecture, networking, and payload integration, often driving rapid risk-reduction and technology maturation efforts. Comfortable across embedded C++ and Java backends as well as modern web UIs, he owns full software/system characterization and test on flight-relevant hardware. Adam pairs a UC Riverside computer science degree with ongoing systems-engineering graduate work, reflecting a strong systems mindset beyond pure coding. Notably, his career began as a series of internships where he repeatedly moved prototype features into production, showing a long habit of translating prototypes into operational capabilities.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at University of California, RiversideMaster of Engineering, Systems Engineering, Master of Engineering, Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (40)
google-reader9
jetpack-compose8
android-app8
simulation8
kotlin7
rss-reader7
rss7
cloudflare-workers7
notable7
reddit6
android6
java6
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thinkaliker/dragalia-controller
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
rhocode/Kabuki
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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