Summary
Luyao Chen is a Senior Software Engineer at Google with six years of experience building product-focused software and a background that spans backend engineering, project management, and education-focused product design. Based in Mountain View, she combines a strong computer science foundation from Peking University with practical MS-level software engineering training and international exposure from study in New Zealand. Luyao is passionate about gamification, education, design, and visual arts, and has translated that interest into early work designing a tablet-based learning launcher for rural schools. At Google she progressed from software engineer to senior engineer, demonstrating sustained impact on large-scale projects and cross-functional collaboration. Her early PM and PMO internships sharpened her skills in data-driven reporting and process improvements, giving her a habit of pairing technical delivery with stakeholder communication. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic coder who brings aesthetic sensibility to product problems, making technical solutions that are both robust and user-centered.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
New Zealand Culture Study, English, New Zealand Culture Study, English at University of Otago
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.72/4.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.72/4.0 at Peking University
English, Chinese, Japanese