Kevin Xu
Staff Software Engineer at GitHub
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Xu is a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and developer tooling at GitHub. He progressed through engineering roles at GitHub after earlier work as a full-stack engineer at Supplyframe, and brings a practical blend of software engineering and legal training from a JD at UC Berkeley. Kevin has a track record of automating workflows and shipping tools to scale services—skills he honed advising startups and building automation for legal clinics and corporate contract migrations. Comfortable bridging product, engineering, and compliance, he leverages scripting and backend expertise to make complex processes auditable and repeatable. Known for translating domain knowledge into production systems, he pairs technical depth with a habit of improving operational workflows that are often overlooked.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoDoctor of Law (JD) Law, Doctor of Law (JD) Law at University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Github Skills (39)
github-issues10
github10
policies10
privacy-policy10
open-data10
procedures10
dice9
survey9
transparency8
gauge8
datasets7
edit-distance7
shield7
open-datasets7
wifi6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
github/innovationgraph
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
GitHub Innovation Graph
Contributions:5 releases, 9 reviews, 20 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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ajijohn/geiger
Jan 2017 - Apr 2023
Probes
Contributions:11 PRs, 1 push, 1 comment in 6 years 3 months
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