Xiangfei Zhu
Software Engineer at Apple
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiangfei Zhu is a software engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in AI search technologies and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, currently contributing to Apple’s engineering efforts from Mountain View. Previously a Principal Software Engineer and Engineering Director at Google for over a decade, he has a strong track record delivering large-scale search and ML-driven systems at major tech companies including Yahoo!. He holds advanced degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, blending deep research training with production-focused engineering. Known as a professional programmer on GitHub, he pairs systems-level thinking with hands-on implementation to move RAG and search prototypes into robust production services. A subtle strength is his career-spanning ability to bridge research and product teams, accelerating adoption of cutting-edge retrieval and generation techniques in consumer-facing products.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Ph.D. at University of VirginiaB.S. & M.S., B.S. & M.S. at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese
Github Skills (177)
windows10
search-api10
command-palette10
wechat10
laravel10
sdk10
java10
php-application10
application-server10
jack10
roadrunner10
php10
powertoys10
search-server9
psr-79
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
zhimaAi/qiweidoc
Nov 2024 - Mar 2026
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Contributions:1 PR, 122 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
Xiang1993/t380
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:174 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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