Kevin Hou
Software Engineer at Google DeepMind
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Hou is a software engineer and builder with 11 years of experience, currently contributing to Google DeepMind after leading product engineering at AI startup Windsurf where he helped ship the world's first AI-agent powered IDE and Codeium features. He has deep full-stack and visualization expertise from technical leadership at Nuro, turning large autonomy datasets into performant, interactive tools for engineers and operators. A pragmatic founder and maker, Kevin also runs getlookbook.com, practices photography and woodworking, and blends design sensibility with engineering rigor. His trajectory spans fast-moving startups and elite research teams, marked by thoughtful productization of cutting-edge AI features and a knack for shipping polished user-facing systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Lick-Wilmerding High SchoolB.S.E. Computer Science, B.S.E. Computer Science at Princeton University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (74)
icon-pack10
python10
parallax10
autocomplete10
logos10
code-completion10
ruby10
vim10
svg10
branding10
highlighting10
copilot10
javascript10
photography10
svg-files10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
khou22/khou22-apis
May 2017 - Sep 2019
A personal web app with a client, server, and database. Stack: React-Redux-Router, Typescript, Webpack, Postgres, Express, Node, Heroku.
Contributions:34 PRs, 252 pushes, 33 branches in 2 years 4 months
herokuclient-serverexpressjavascriptredux-router
Exafunction/codeium-react-code-editor
Dec 2023 - Sep 2024
AI-enabled code editor for React. Unlimited AI autocomplete capabilities with full Typescript support.
Contributions:25 reviews, 30 PRs, 28 pushes in 9 months
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