Daniel Xiao
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Xiao is a Senior Software Engineer based in Austin with 11 years of engineering experience and a strong full-stack focus across React/Angular front-ends, Java Spring Boot back-ends, Docker, and serverless APIs. He blends product-minded UX sensibilities with backend rigor—redeigning legacy systems to cut code bloat dramatically and implementing algorithms to improve calculation accuracy by ~40%. At CTI he led UI overhauls informed by hundreds of user feedback sessions, containerized services to speed debugging by 27%, and built automation tools that reduced operational costs and timecard failures. Now at Microsoft, he applies that pragmatic, maintainable-architecture approach to larger-scale services while still enjoying hands-on work on Redux-driven UIs and RESTful serverless functions. He also brings teaching experience from UCSD, which contributes to clear communication and mentoring within teams. Colleagues would note his appetite for tasty UX and playful creativity—he enjoys making “fun things” while prioritizing code quality and measurable impact.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Github Skills (42)
infosec10
cybersecurity10
hacking10
perl10
social-engineering10
seal10
tetris10
prop10
declaration10
browser-game9
tabletop8
kol8
rpg8
nethack8
whenever7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
loathers/mafioso
Aug 2020 - Oct 2023
A Kingdom of Loathing graphical gameplay visualizer
Contributions:2 PRs, 71 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 2 months
kol
hackforla/expunge-assist
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
Expunge Assist is a free digital tool specifically designed to aid Californians with arrest and conviction histories in clearing their criminal records.
Contributions:106 reviews, 149 commits, 250 PRs in 2 years 1 month
civictechindexrecordscybersecurityinfosecassist
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