Summary
Ning Xia is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of industry experience and a PhD in Computer Science from Northwestern University, currently driving systems work at ByteDance after six years at Ant Group. He combines deep expertise across Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, Ruby on Rails and MongoDB with a strong background in distributed systems, web service architecture and internet measurement. Ning helped build large-scale streaming and CDN infrastructure early in his career — notably contributing to ChinaCache’s live streaming for the 2008 Beijing Olympics — and later focused on AI/ML and system architecture research at NEC Labs. Comfortable moving between research and production, he brings a TDD mindset and a track record of shipping reliable, data-driven systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Northwestern University
Huazhong University of Science and Technology