Jiayi Xu
Software Engineer at Uber
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJiayi Xu is a software engineer based in California with nine years of experience focused on front-end and mobile application development. She has shipped user-facing features at scale through roles at Unqork and now Uber, and brings hands-on experience prototyping UX in tools like Sketch and InVision as well as implementing polished interfaces in Swift, Flutter, and web technologies. Her background includes a Cornell master’s in Information Science and a UC Davis BS in Computer Science, plus research work on collaborative learning tools that influenced her emphasis on usable, communication-focused design. Jiayi enjoys tackling new challenges and has a track record of improving user workflows—such as optimizing login error handling and Touch Bar customization—through a mix of design thinking and pragmatic engineering. She aims to bridge product and interaction design by delivering visually appealing, accessible interfaces that anticipate user needs. Colleagues describe her as curious, user-centered, and effective at turning UX research into shipped product.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of California, DavisMaster's degree Information Science, Master's degree Information Science at Cornell University
Github Skills (5)
bioinformatics10
genome-analysis10
genome10
genomics10
julia10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Jiayi-Qu/JWAS.jl
May 2021 - May 2022
Julia for Whole-genome Analysis Software
Contributions:3 PRs, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
genomegenome-analysisgenomicsbioinformaticssoftware-analysis
zhaotianjing/bio_protocol
May 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:8 pushes in 2 years 9 months
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