Han Gao
Software Engineer - Cloud Compute at Google
Woodland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHan Gao is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in cloud compute, big data, and distributed systems, currently contributing to Google’s Cloud Compute platform. He brings deep Hadoop/Spark expertise and a passion for IoT and medical healthcare applications, pairing data-heavy back-end work with DevOps and build-process optimization. At Google he has driven improvements in image metadata export and build reliability for the widely used Google Compute Engine image tools repository, bridging Linux and Windows build processes. Educated in electrical and computer engineering (Nankai, Penn State, Northeastern), he blends strong systems fundamentals with practical cloud engineering. Based in Woodland, California, he’s known for tackling brittle build failures and turning metadata design changes into robust, automatable pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Nankai UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering at Penn State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 3.67, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 3.67 at Northeastern University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (16)
google-cloud-platform10
python10
build-automation10
image10
gcp10
devops9
bash9
powershell8
json8
debian7
rpm7
centos7
docker4
dockers4
kubernetes3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-tools
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
Tools and scripts for Google Compute Engine images.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:31 reviews, 22 commits, 44 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Han primarily contributed to the development of image metadata export scripts and related build processes within the Google Compute Engine image tools repository. Their work included adding metadata export capabilities for both Linux (Debian, Enterprise Linux) and Windows builds, involving the modification of build scripts to gather package and image information. They also addressed build failures, optimized the build processes, and implemented changes to the metadata export design.
compute-enginegoogle-compute-enginepythongooglegoogle-compute
gaohannk/Interview
Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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