Lin Tao
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLin Tao is a Principal Software Engineer currently building new initiatives for Microsoft Azure AI, with eight years of experience across Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He blends deep research rigor—shaped by PhD-level work and dual masters in software theory and information sciences—with hands-on backend and ML engineering at scale. His background includes Alexa smart home features, Google backend and ML systems, and academic work using Spring, Hibernate, and database-driven service components. Equally comfortable with strategic product thinking thanks to a Business Administration degree, he consistently focuses on robustness, scalability, and impactful systems. Notably, his academic honors and national fellowships reflect sustained excellence and a propensity for tackling hard problems that bridge theory and production.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Business Administration and Management, Bachelor of Arts - BA Business Administration and Management at East China Normal UniversityPhD MS Information Sciences and Technology, PhD MS Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State UniversityMaster of Science Computer Software and Theory, Master of Science Computer Software and Theory at Shanghai Normal UniversityPhD MS Information Sciences and Technology, PhD MS Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology
Chinese, EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ltaocs/Algorithms
Nov 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:37 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
ltaocs/SecurityOperationsCenterRetrieval
Aug 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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