Summary
Cheng Gong is a software engineer with nine years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across autonomous vehicles, ads, and big data platforms. Currently at Waymo, he focuses on enforcing best practices and production robustness for complex distributed software. His background includes stints at Google Ads, Salesforce Big Data Services, and TuSimple, reflecting deep familiarity with performance-sensitive infrastructure. Cheng holds dual master’s degrees from Cornell and Cornell Tech, blending urban technology perspectives with strong engineering discipline. Based in San Francisco, he brings a pragmatic, cross-domain approach to shipping measurable improvements and quietly champions thoughtful design choices that reduce operational burden.
9 years of coding experience
University of California, San Diego
Master of Science - MS Information Systems, Master of Science - MS Information Systems at Cornell University
Dual Masters of Science - MS Computer and Information Sciences, Dual Masters of Science - MS Computer and Information Sciences at Cornell Tech
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Barstow School
Japanese, Chinese, English