Carl Gao
Software Engineer at Google
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCarl Gao is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building large-scale systems, currently focused on capacity management and disaster resilience for Google Cloud. He previously scaled and optimized Facebook Stories and notifications—reducing CPU load dramatically, scaling candidate processing 100x, and helping grow daily active users by millions—while also shipping full-stack features that drove tens of millions of shares and weekly posts. A Harvard CS graduate, Carl combines deep backend systems expertise with front-end product sensibility and a track record of cost-saving optimizations. He mentors early-career engineers and has contributed to equitable hiring through Techquitable, reflecting a commitment to technical impact and inclusive engineering. Notably, his work balances high-throughput infrastructure engineering with product-driven outcomes that move user engagement metrics at internet scale.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Harvard UniversityHigh School, High School at Mission San Jose High
English, Chinese, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
tractor8
rails-console6
postgresql6
rubygems6
ruby-on-rails6
intersect2
tracks2
playlists1
mathematical1
theory1
set-theory1
spotify-api1
spotify1
operation1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
carlgao/adventure-game
Dec 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 3 days
carlgao/carlgao.github.io
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Pediatric Anesthesiology Helper
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
python
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