Xiaotian Cao
Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaotian Cao is a software engineer based in Dallas with 10 years of experience and a strong focus on generative AI, cloud-native systems, and full-stack product delivery. He has built high-impact AI platforms—most recently leading a game-focused generative AI service that served 100k+ users and drove $1M+ in revenue—and shipped search and conversational AI products that reached top rankings on Product Hunt. Skilled across PyTorch/Hugging Face, LangChain, Elasticsearch, Kafka, PostgreSQL/MongoDB, and AWS/GCP, he bridges model fine-tuning, data pipelines, and scalable backend services. Xiaotian pairs rigorous engineering practices (JUnit/Mockito testing, Dockerized deployments) with product-minded metrics improvements—e.g., cutting task latency and search rounds by substantial margins. He also mentors newcomers and emphasizes maintainable code and collaborative team culture, blending economics and MIS graduate training to inform data-driven decisions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Economics, Master of Arts - MA, Economics at Columbia University in the City of New YorkBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics at Nanjing UniversityNanjing Foreign Language SchoolMaster's degree, Management Information Systems, General, 3.76, Master's degree, Management Information Systems, General, 3.76 at Carnegie Mellon UniversityGeorgetown Summer session, Georgetown Summer session at Georgetown University
Github Skills (4)
thinkphp1
xadmin1
swoole1
hyperf1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
caostian/jenkins-test
Aug 2018 - Jan 2021
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 5 months
caostian/atphp_frame
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 21 pushes, 3 branches in 20 days
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