Simon Xu
Software Engineer at Meta
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Xu is a software engineer with eight years of experience building mobile-first, performance-sensitive applications, currently working on integrating Meta AI into WhatsApp in Cupertino. His career includes long tenures at Meta and Apple, where he focused on memory- and battery-efficient Android and iOS experiences, and he contributed Android features to WhatsApp’s high-profile stickers repo including animated stickers and RTL fixes. He helped grow Advantage+ Shopping Campaign into one of Meta’s fastest-growing ad products, blending product-focused engineering with measurable business impact. Earlier work spans transit and navigation apps at HopStop and Networks in Motion, demonstrating deep expertise in mobile platforms across many OSes. Simon prefers utility-driven technology that automates routine tasks and improves everyday efficiency, and he brings a pragmatic, user-centered approach to shipping polished, reliable software. An understated strength is his track record of cleaning up platform-specific issues and tooling (lint/javac fixes, URL/content validation) that improve long-term maintainability.
8 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master Electrical and Computer Engineering at New York UniversityBachelor Information Engineering, Bachelor Information Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese
Github Skills (5)
javas10
android10
java10
webp9
ui-design8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
WhatsApp/stickers
Oct 2018 - Aug 2022
This repository contains the iOS and Android sample apps and API for creating third party sticker packs for WhatsApp.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 releases, 6 reviews, 72 commits in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the Android sample application within the WhatsApp sticker repository. Their commits focused on addressing lint and javac warnings, validating URLs, and ensuring proper content scheme usage. They also refactored code to streamline sticker pack addition and implemented features like license agreement integration and RTL display fixes. Furthermore, the user made improvements to enhance the user experience when both WhatsApp versions are installed, and also added animated sticker functionality.
apipartywhatsappsample-androidsample-apps
sakurashao/stickers
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
This repository contains the iOS and Android sample apps and API for creating third party sticker packs for WhatsApp.
Contributions:5 commits in 4 months
apipartywhatsappsample-androidsample-apps
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