Summary
Hong Xiong is a software development engineer with 11 years of experience building production-quality systems across embedded, cloud, and research domains. He blends deep expertise in C/C++/Python and modern Linux toolchains with hands-on work in sensor fusion, vehicle state estimation, and vision-inertial localization from six years of robotics and ML research. At Amazon he has shipped large-scale telemetry and device management platforms processing petabytes daily and previously improved DNS performance via kernel-level eBPF/XDP work. His background spans end-to-end solutions from on-device real-time software (EKF/VIO, OpenCV) to Spark/AWS backends, and he is comfortable touching both low-latency firmware and scalable cloud services. Notably, his PhD-level research delivered sub-meter to sub-centimeter localization using distributed Kalman-filter systems and custom kernel/driver modifications, reflecting a rare mix of systems, algorithms, and product delivery. Based in Shanghai with a knack for turning research prototypes into millions of deployed devices, he focuses on robust, efficient algorithms that meet real-world operational constraints.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University
Bachelor's degree Communication Engineering, Bachelor's degree Communication Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology
Chinese, English