Tong Xi
Software Engineer at Facebook
Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTong Xi is a software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable web and front-end systems, currently contributing to Facebook’s Marketing Automation team. He has a strong full-stack foundation from roles at FactSet, CA Technologies, and research projects at Stony Brook, and holds an MS in Computer Science. Tong has notable open-source contributions to Facebook’s popular Lexical editor, improving real-time collaboration via Yjs integration, reconnection handling, and user cursor UX. Comfortable across JavaScript/Angular, Java, C#, and big-data tooling, he combines production-grade engineering with a background in real-time data processing and installer/configuration systems. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges research-minded system design with hands-on implementation.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Management and Information System, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Management and Information System at University of International RelationsMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Stony Brook University
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
javascript10
yjs10
front-end-development10
collaboration10
react10
typescripts8
typescript8
typescript-types8
android6
mpandroidchart6
java6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
facebook/lexical
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Lexical is an extensible text editor framework that provides excellent reliability, accessibility and performance.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 8 commits, 2 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tong contributed significantly to the collaboration features within the Lexical framework. They focused on fixing and improving the integration of Yjs, a collaborative editing library. Their work included correcting type definitions, addressing issues with provider awareness, implementing features to reload the document upon disconnection/reconnection, and refining the display of user cursors within the editor. They also added and modified plugins to enhance the collaborative editing experience.
contenteditableexcellentwysiwygrich-text-editorperformance
btezzxxt/lintcode-python
Jun 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:100 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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