Li Zhao
Software Engineer at Apple
Chino Hills, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLi Zhao is a results-driven software engineer specializing in iOS development with nearly a decade of hands-on experience and a track record at companies from startups to Meta and Apple. He has repeatedly delivered performance-focused work—most notably rewriting Messenger’s iOS stack in C to cut app size by 90% and accelerate load times—while driving high code quality through unit testing and triage processes. Comfortable in small Agile teams and large orgs alike, he built UNUM’s photo-editing infrastructure, improved app ratings via rapid bug fixes, and integrated analytics and Core Data to optimize user experience and network usage. Li blends strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms with practical product sensibility, proposing org-level initiatives that improved engagement and crash metrics. Based in Chino Hills, CA, he pairs international business insight with technical depth from degrees in Computer Science and International Business. Notably, his work shows a pattern of choosing right-sized, systems-level optimizations that deliver outsized user and engineering benefits.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) International Business, Bachelor of Science (BS) International Business at National-Louis University in PolandBachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at University of La Verne
English, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
swift10
macos10
ios10
cocoapods9
xcode9
objective-c9
carthage8
authorization2
ios-library2
api2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zhaoli1211/PlaneGame
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 7 months
zhaoli1211/RecipeViewer
Feb 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 3 days
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