Kevin Qian
Senior Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Qian is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building infrastructure, full-stack web apps, data-intensive systems, and runtime-level work for projects like Deno. He has shipped production release and deployment systems at Databricks and driven server and infra implementations for Generative AI products at Google, combining strong backend systems thinking with pragmatic frontend experience from contributions to AMP. As an ex-core Deno contributor he implemented console and WebAssembly improvements and helped harden the standard library’s HTTP and file servers, demonstrating low-level runtime and networking expertise. He’s comfortable across the stack—from custom AMP components and UX-focused fixes to designing canary releases and build pipelines—and often contributes by both adding features and improving testability. Based in Mountain View, he pairs formal CS training from Stanford and UCLA with indie game development and amateur composition, a creative side that surfaces in thoughtful product touches. Known for candid self-deprecation on GitHub, he nevertheless brings rigorous engineering and open-source impact to large-scale systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
deno10
javascript10
runtimes10
testing10
css10
http10
typescript10
run-time10
user-interface10
runtime-compilation10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
amp-html10
file-server10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
denoland/deno
Jun 2018 - Nov 2020
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 167 commits, 195 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kevin made numerous contributions to the Deno runtime, focusing on improving the `console` and `WebAssembly` modules. They implemented new features, like custom inspectors, as well as refactoring existing parts of the `console` module to print different types of variables, including a `console.table` feature. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to handling dynamic imports and various error scenarios. The user also fixed bugs within the runtime and implemented more comprehensive testing across several modules.
javascripttypescriptdenorust
denoland/std
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020
The Deno Standard Library
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 14 PRs, 83 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Kevin contributed to the Deno standard library, focusing on HTTP server improvements and file server functionalities. Their work includes unblocking server operations, implementing directory serving with a file server, and adding CORS support. They also added features such as reading request bodies and streaming, alongside implementing methods to join `Uint8Array` objects.
denotypescriptjavascript
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