Summary
Xiao Zhu is a Staff Software Engineer based in the Bay Area with a decade of professional experience and fifteen years coding across distributed systems, ML platforms, microservices, and mobile/web apps. Currently shaping Databricks' ML Feature Store, Xiao previously built core ML infrastructure and ad systems at Twitter, progressing from intern to staff engineer. Comfortable across the full development lifecycle, they bridge research and production—drawing on academic work in parallel processing and early startups that produced consumer mobile apps. Known for tackling performance and scalability challenges, Xiao blends systems-level rigor with product-focused delivery. Their background spans top research labs and industry, giving them a rare combination of research instincts and large-scale production experience.
9 years of coding experience