Alex Xu
Author & Co-Founder at ByteByteGo
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Xu is a software engineer, author, and co-founder based in San Francisco who blends hands-on engineering experience from companies like Twitter, Apple, and Zynga with a knack for communicating complex system design clearly. He is best known for System Design Interview — An Insider’s Guide and three companion books, and for growing ByteByteGo’s newsletter and YouTube audience to over a million subscribers each. With a Master’s in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon, he focuses on scalable distributed systems and practical interview-ready design patterns. Less obvious: he has translated technical storytelling into a productized learning platform that reaches global audiences in multiple languages, turning deep engineering experience into repeatable educational content.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (4)
aws10
cloud-computing10
computer-science9
system-design8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
alex-xu-system/bytebytego
Mar 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes in 1 month
ByteByteGoHq/system-design-101
Oct 2023 - Oct 2023
Explain complex systems using visuals and simple terms. Help you prepare for system design interviews.
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 9 days
awscloud-computingcomputer-sciencesoftware-architecturesystem-design
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