Xiao Zhang
Computer Scientist at Pinterest Inc
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiao Zhang is a seasoned computer scientist and software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building large-scale, production systems across companies like Meta, Twitter, Pinterest, Airbnb, and Thumbtack. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has led both hands-on engineering and people management roles—driving initiatives from real-time ads and anti-spam systems to shopping catalogs and privacy infrastructure. At Thumbtack he architected high-impact features (Jobs Feed, geo-targeting, ranking models) that measurably increased revenue and engagement, and at Twitter he built the company’s first automated compromised account detection framework. Comfortable across backend services, search and machine-learning informed ranking, his work blends rigorous research training with practical product impact. Based in San Francisco, he combines technical depth in distributed systems and information retrieval with proven cross-functional leadership. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of turning experimental models and indices into robust, real-time services that scale.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering at Penn State UniversityBA Computer Science and Technology, BA Computer Science and Technology at Harbin Institute of Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (54)
testing10
packer10
aws10
kubernetes9
terraform9
python9
docker9
vms9
devops9
golang9
assign9
testing-library9
terratest9
tflint9
automated-tests9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
foreverXZC/terratest_azure_examples
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:44 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
foreverXZC/terraform-azurerm-database
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Terraform Azure RM Module for Database
Contributions:13 commits, 8 PRs, 84 pushes in 1 month
databaseazureterraform-providerterraform-azureterraform
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