Chao Xu is a software engineer with nine years of experience currently based in Seattle and working at Google after prior roles including Microsoft. He holds a master's in Computer Science from UC Davis (3.8 GPA) and a BS in Information Security from Jiangnan University, blending strong academic foundations with practical engineering. Chao has a track record of building production software at large tech companies and navigating complex, security-conscious systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who moves projects from prototype to scale while keeping an eye on reliability and maintainability. His background in information security informs a security-first mindset in software design that’s often not obvious from job titles alone.
9 years of coding experience
BS, Information Security, BS, Information Security at Jiangnan University
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.8/4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.8/4.0 at UC Davis
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