Summary
Jimmy Xu is a software engineer with eight years of experience focused on cloud infrastructure, networking, and game development, currently progressing to Software Engineer II at Microsoft in Redmond. He combines hands-on systems engineering with research experience from UC Berkeley, where he completed an MS in Computer Science and taught as a Graduate Student Instructor. His background includes multiple Microsoft internships and research roles bridging academia and industry, giving him fluency in shipping production services and prototyping experimental systems. Jimmy has a practical interest in game and VR development from campus projects, which informs a user-centric approach to tooling and simulation. Based in Bellevue, WA, he brings cross-cultural experience from internships in China and a BA with a data-science focus and a minor in Japanese. Colleagues find him equally comfortable optimizing cloud services and exploring interactive systems at the intersection of networking and real-time graphics.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley
English, Chinese, Japanese