Xiaoqian Dai
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaoqian Dai is a Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View with 15 years of experience building user-facing systems and platform features at Google, advancing from Chrome OS UI work to staff-level engineering. She combines deep academic training (PhD-level research background) with practical product delivery, owning complex UI and authentication flows that impact millions of users. Her open-source contributions to the widely used Firebase iOS SDK show hands-on expertise in mobile auth, build systems, and test reliability, including fixes to action-code and phone auth flows. Known for navigating large codebases, she bridges front-end UX concerns and low-level SDK internals to ship robust, testable features. Colleagues rely on her for mentoring and architectural judgment across cross-functional teams. Her profile reflects a rare mix of research rigor and production-first engineering.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Graduate School, The Chinese Academy of School Sciences
Github Skills (8)
objective-c10
user-authentication10
authentication10
ios10
sdk10
firebase10
mobile9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
firebase/firebase-ios-sdk
May 2017 - Oct 2017
Firebase SDK for Apple App Development
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:62 commits, 120 PRs, 101 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Xiaoqian primarily contributed to the Firebase iOS SDK by addressing issues and implementing features within the authentication (Auth) component. Their commits reflect significant work in updating and improving the Auth sample applications, including fixing import paths, updating build environments, and integrating new features related to action codes and phone number authentication. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of the SDK's internal structure by modifying headers and core functionality. Additionally, the user made improvements to unit tests, addressing timing discrepancies, and enhancing the testing framework.
firebase-databasefirebase-functionsdatabase-as-a-serviceremote-configios
XiangtianDai/Typhoon
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
objective-cosxinjectiondependency-injectionswift
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