Summary
Xijiao Li is a software engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in operating systems, compilers, and distributed systems, currently building highly available backend services for Google Cloud Firestore in Sunnyvale. A Columbia MS/BS graduate, Xijiao combines deep academic grounding—TAing courses like OS, Distributed Systems, and Compilers—with hands-on production work across Cloud IAM and Firestore. At Google they’ve implemented secure federated SSO endpoints, media-handling services, and server-side features that prioritize scalability and security. Prior internships at PreVeil and Google involved designing node-level ACLs, migrating email infrastructure to AWS SES, and improving observability pipelines, reflecting a strong operational mindset. Known for translating systems-level concepts into reliable cloud services, Xijiao brings both low-level language/compiler insight and large-scale distributed systems experience to complex backend challenges.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Hangzhou No.2 High School
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at Brandeis University