David Xu
Staff Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Xu is a Staff Software Engineer based in New York with 13 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure and storage systems at Google, where he progressed from intern to technical lead and now staff engineer. He combines deep academic grounding in computer science and mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania with hands-on expertise in distributed systems, storage, and team leadership. Known for mentoring and running complex projects, he previously managed and trained cohorts of teaching assistants for core algorithms courses, reflecting a knack for translating theory into practical systems. David’s career shows steady internal promotion at one of the world’s most demanding tech organizations, signaling strong technical ownership and operational rigor.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Hunter College High SchoolBachelor's Degree Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science Mathematics at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (40)
posh-git10
bash10
prompt10
shell10
perl9
zsh9
act9
cpp8
parser8
swig8
xetex8
overlay8
linux8
programming-language7
windows7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lyze/posh-git-sh
May 2013 - Nov 2022
Bash/ZSH version of the posh-git command prompt
Contributions:8 releases, 69 commits, 22 PRs in 9 years 8 months
poshposh-gitbashgit-commandterminal
lyze/xetex-js
May 2016 - Apr 2019
Javascript port of XeTeX
Contributions:42 commits, 75 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 10 months
javascriptxetexlatex
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