Qing Zhou
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQing Zhou is a software engineer based in Seattle with nine years of experience building web applications, primarily using JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like Angular and Express. Currently contributing to YouTube Commerce at Google, Qing brings a strong engineering foundation and a knack for solving emerging product problems with creative web solutions. A contributor to the popular webhint project, Qing enhanced rule generation, improved requester robustness, and added markup validation checks—demonstrating attention to both core logic and developer-facing tooling. Their background is unusually interdisciplinary, combining studies in medicine, economics, and a PhD in bioengineering, which informs a data-driven, systems-oriented approach to product design. Colleagues describe Qing as pragmatic and detail-oriented, equally comfortable refining backend rulesets or crafting responsive front-end experiences.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at University of California, DavisBachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics at Peking University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (9)
typescript10
nodejs10
typescripts10
typescript-types10
javascript9
performance-analysis8
performance-monitor8
lint7
security7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
webhintio/hint
May 2017 - Mar 2018
💡 A hinting engine for the web
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 52 PRs, 2 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Qing primarily focused on enhancing the hinting engine's capabilities through new rule generation and improvements to existing functionalities. They added a rule generator to create new rules, incorporating features like category selection and description. The user also improved the requester module to include features such as redirect limits and timeouts, alongside adding tests to ensure functionality. Further contributions include the implementation of a new rule for checking markup validity and also made minor improvements to the documentation, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the core logic and functionality.
lintwebhintsecuritypwasjavascript
qzhou1607/Sonar
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:174 pushes, 54 branches in 8 months
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