Summary
Xiaosong Xu is a quantitative developer and seasoned software architect with over two decades of industry experience and a 12-year focused track record in financial and web systems. He has led large-scale distributed applications and integrations using Python, JavaScript, Ruby/Rails, Java/J2EE and newer stacks like Elixir and Go, and currently applies that breadth at Lazard Asset Management while running his own web architecture practice. Xiaosong has driven strategic product work at BNY Mellon (ESG and middle office suites), contributed to open-source projects, and holds a patent pending on crowdsourcing via metadata—an indicator of his interest in novel data-driven systems. A mentor and pragmatic technologist, he blends hands-on engineering with agile and DevOps practices (Docker, AWS, PCF) and a data science foundation from Harvard Extension. Based in New York, he pairs deep backend expertise with front-end fluency to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions across the full stack.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at Peking University
Graduate Certificate, Data Science, Graduate Certificate, Data Science at Harvard Extension School
MS, MS at University of Pennsylvania