Summary
Xiaoli Jiang is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building user-focused frontend experiences, currently working on privacy and communities features for Messenger at Meta. Previously a frontend tech lead and senior engineer at LinkedIn, Xiaoli drove localized recruitment and sign-up experiences for the China market, including integrations with platforms like WeChat. With a strong academic background (PhD in Bioengineering) and a master's in software engineering, she combines rigorous research instincts with pragmatic product delivery. Her career bridges experimental research—designing nanomaterial biosensors—to shipping production web products, giving her a rare cross-disciplinary perspective on UX, data, and engineering trade-offs. Based in Mountain View, she’s motivated by delivering new experiences every day and brings a creative eye informed by years of amateur photography.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree Computer Software Engineering at San José State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Southeast University
English, Chinese