Figo Tan
Senior Software Engineer at Alibaba Group
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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Top SchoolFigo Tan is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in Linux- and Android-based systems, currently driving mobile tech R&D at Alibaba Group. He combines deep embedded systems and firmware expertise from early roles with extensive mobile platform and product development, delivering end-to-end solutions from kernel/driver work to consumer app features. Fluent in Mandarin and English, he has led teams and projects at Cheetah Mobile and ArcherMind and built security-focused Android software at Trend Micro. Known for a pragmatic, get-things-done mindset—aptly summarized as "when in doubt, use brute force"—he blends hands-on engineering with practical leadership across cross-platform system stacks.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Inner Mongolia University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
251reputation
52kreached
4answers
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Github Skills (48)
proguard9
spider9
crawler9
web-crawler8
python8
vpn-client8
security7
linux7
optimizer7
vpn-server7
jekyll-theme7
encryption7
bootswatch7
network6
nine-patch6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
figofuture/cfimagehost-on-openshift
Apr 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
figofuture/figofuture.github.io
Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:6 commits, 181 pushes, 5 branches in 8 months
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