Qian He
Senior Research Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQian He is a Senior Research Software Engineer based in Mountain View with 14 years of experience building health and wellness products at the intersection of research and production. With a PhD in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he has led sensor systems and on-device algorithm efforts, shipped Fitbit’s mass-market Versa smartwatch, and deployed the company’s first TensorFlow model. He excels at prototyping novel features and research studies—everything from pulse arrival time and continuous EDA to mood logging and pregnancy studies—while architecting scalable data collection and validation tooling. Now at Google, he continues to translate state-of-the-art research into robust, user-facing systems. Known for winning internal hackathons and shipping practical prototypes quickly, he combines deep academic rigor with hands-on engineering speed. An understated detail: his background includes building a university diabetes phone-care platform and early DTN routing research, showing a long-standing commitment to applied health and networked systems.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, 3.96, Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, 3.96 at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, 3.85, Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, 3.85 at Beijing Institute of Technology
Chinese, English, vulcan
Github Skills (79)
client-library10
keybase10
service-client10
editor9
pgp9
end-to-end-encryption9
visual-studio9
watchface9
chat9
ember-addon9
microsoft9
visual-studio-code9
react9
electron9
vscode-extension9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
heqian/recreation.gov
Apr 2019 - May 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
heqian/On11
Jul 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
pebblewatchfacehome-assistantpebble-smartwatchsmartwatch
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