Xiong Zitao
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Summary
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Top SchoolXiong Zitao is a seasoned software engineer and technology leader with 14 years of experience across startups and research labs, including serving as CTO of Popshop Live. He blends deep systems instincts from a long-time Unix/Linux enthusiast with hands-on expertise in crypto, iOS, TypeScript, React Native, AI and live streaming technologies. Comfortable shipping full-stack products, he has driven engineering strategy, real-time features and scalable mobile-first architectures at consumer-facing companies. His background spans academic visualization and simulation work at Purdue and core product engineering at Nanaimo Studio, giving him a rare mix of research rigor and product delivery focus. An active open-source-minded hacker, he contributes to Web3 and live/AI tooling and enjoys exploring elegant, low-level solutions that most application engineers overlook. Based in Hong Kong, he brings pragmatic leadership and a relentless curiosity for systems that power interactive experiences.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Software Engineering at Sichuan UniversityMaster, Engineering, Master, Engineering at Purdue University Northwest
Chinese, English
Github Skills (200)
automation10
realm10
linter10
graphql-api10
functional10
observer10
trigger10
api10
bigquery10
nodejs10
mongodb10
viewer10
height10
webhooks10
subgraph10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
tappollo/Xcode-Quick-Localization
May 2013 - Jun 2016
Contributions:32 commits, 11 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 years 1 month
macosswiftxcodexcode-plugin
callzhang/EatNow
Apr 2015 - Jul 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 4 months
greatmongodbfood
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