Summary
Linkai Qi is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building high-availability, scalable systems across transportation and real-time communications domains. He designed and led development of connected and automated vehicle platforms and next-generation ATMS at Fortran Traffic Systems before moving to Microsoft to improve Microsoft Teams' calling, multi-user support, and media optimization in virtual environments. A University of Alberta computer science graduate (Distinction), he combines full-stack pragmatism with systems-level thinking, shipping both backend architectures and frontend features (notably contributing UI work to Mozilla during an internship). Comfortable in fast-moving product teams, he has a track record of taking complex, safety- and scale-sensitive projects from prototype to production. Colleagues note his ability to translate domain requirements into resilient engineering designs that balance performance with maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science with Specialization, Computer Science, Distinction, Bachelor of Science with Specialization, Computer Science, Distinction at University of Alberta
English, Chinese