Sam Gao
Senior Software Engineer at Meta
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolSam Gao is a Senior Software Engineer at Meta with nine years of experience building advertising and creative systems that drive measurable business impact, currently focused on Feed ads, short-form video monetization, and Dynamic Creative. He has a strong track record at scale, evolving Dynamic Creative features that automatically optimize ad asset combinations and implementing automatic image/video enhancements to boost performance in a privacy-forward ecosystem. Previously he contributed to advertising and optimization efforts at Amazon and early-career product and teaching roles at the University of Washington, where he graduated MS/BS in Computer Science with top grades. Sam pairs deep systems and Android experience—evident from personal projects like the Agora trading app—with a pragmatic product mindset honed by shipping full-stack features across large platforms. Colleagues describe him as both technically rigorous and playful (github bio: "haha computer go brrrr"), a hint at his curiosity and hands-on approach to solving hard engineering problems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, High School, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Zhengzhou No.1 High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.86 (Cum Laude), Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.86 (Cum Laude) at University of Washington
Chinese, English, French
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Github Skills (46)
controller10
makecode10
bit10
alphanumeric9
aws-iot9
webassembly9
emscripten9
bbc-micro8
llvm8
infrared8
dmx5128
science7
gopro7
compiler7
ring6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tinkertanker/pxt-rotary-encoder-ky040
Mar 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 22 commits, 16 pushes in 4 years 1 month
bbcbbc-microrotaryrotary-encoderencoder
tinkertanker/pxt-oled-ssd1306
Mar 2017 - Apr 2019
Tinkercademy MakeCode package for using the SSD1306 OLED controller with micro:bit
Contributions:3 releases, 50 commits, 1 PR in 2 years
controllerssd1306-oledbitssd1306oled
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