Tao Dong
UX Research Lead at Google
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTao Dong is a UX Research Lead at Google with 12 years of Human-Computer Interaction expertise focused on Human-AI collaboration across the full software engineering lifecycle. He has led research and design for high-profile developer platforms including Flutter, Dart, and Go, helping launch Flutter from preview to widespread adoption and establishing UX practice for highly technical products. Tao combines deep academic training (PhD, University of Michigan) with hands-on industry experience in developer tools, API usability, documentation, and international markets, and he has built and mentored multidisciplinary research teams. Based in San Francisco, he blends rigorous qualitative and quantitative methods to scale AI-assisted developer workflows—an unusual mix that lets him translate subtle developer needs into product-level AI integrations.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Human Computer Interaction at University of Michigan - School of InformationBachelor of Management Information Management and Information Systems, Bachelor of Management Information Management and Information Systems at Fudan University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (62)
kotlin10
ios10
mobile-development10
intellij10
flutter-plugin10
windows10
dart-language10
app-framework10
skiasharp10
mobile-game10
cross-platform10
java10
plugin10
devtools10
desktop10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
InMatrix/inmatrix.github.io
Nov 2018 - May 2022
Homepage
Contributions:44 commits, 22 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 years 6 months
InMatrix/ai-papers-reader
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
AI agent for creating personalized digests of research papers
Contributions:20 PRs, 107 pushes, 22 branches in 9 months
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