Summary
Xiao Kuang is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building large-scale, cost-conscious infrastructure and authentication systems at Google and Amazon. At Amazon they led the Watchtower control plane and JVM PGO initiatives that together delivered tens of millions in annual savings, while at Google they owned cross-product re-authentication and device prompt migrations serving millions daily. Comfortable across backend, deployment platforms, and security-sensitive services, Xiao has redesigned deployment systems, implemented fine-grained permission services, and created executive dashboards used for VP-level decisions. Trained at Carnegie Mellon and Beihang, they combine rigorous academic foundations with a pragmatic focus on operational reliability and measurable business impact—often surfacing efficiency gains that aren’t obvious from feature work alone.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at Beihang University
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Chinese