Xing Liu
Technical Lead at Cisco
Union City, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXing Liu is a Technical Lead with a decade of experience building and shipping front-end focused web applications using JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue.js and Redux, currently leading engineering efforts at Cisco in the Bay Area. He combines hands-on implementation with system-level thinking—having built UIs from scratch (SDDC Manager Bringup) and driven API design and integrations in security-focused products. Xing is an active open-source contributor, notably improving the FreeCodeCamp China codebase across frontend and backend areas, demonstrating attention to code quality, tests, and user flows. His background spans startups and large enterprises (CryptoMove, Apple, VMware, Rackspace), giving him fluency in fast-paced product development and cross-functional collaboration. Trained originally in materials science, he brings analytical rigor and a habit of learning new technologies to solve complex UX and engineering problems. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who balances delivery, maintainability and mentoring.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Materials Chemistry, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Materials Chemistry at South China University of TechnologyMaster of Science (MS) Materials Science, Master of Science (MS) Materials Science at Stevens Institute of Technology
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
nodejs10
react10
mongodb-database9
expressjs9
front-end-development9
mongodb9
back-end-development9
testing8
co6
ed255195
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
FreeCodeCampChina/freecodecamp.cn
Feb 2017 - May 2018
FCC China open source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code and help nonprofits.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 40 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Xing primarily focused on modifying and updating the codebase for the freeCodeCamp.cn project. Their contributions span both backend and frontend development, as seen in the addition of routes, data display features, and updates to model definitions. They addressed linting issues, test failures, and email signup functionality changes, demonstrating a focus on code quality and system stability. The commits also touched upon user management features.
curriculumfccnonprofitschinacodebase
S1ngS1ng/blog
Oct 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:269 commits, 229 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
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