Xitang Zhao
Senior Software Engineer at Dropbox
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolXitang Zhao is a Senior Software Engineer based in the New York City area with eight years of experience building product-focused systems from hardware-infused startups to cloud services at Dropbox. He combines full-stack development and UX-minded front-end work—evident from contributions improving responsiveness and parsing in the popular OpenResume project—with embedded systems and firmware experience from Cornell research and an Apple R&D internship. As a founder and CTO he led an NSF-recognized agtech IoT startup and ran a peer learning community, demonstrating an ability to translate research and prototypes into funded products and engaged communities. He is comfortable across software, hardware, and test automation, contributing to Exercism’s Python test suites and refining edge-case behaviors in real projects. Outside engineering he’s an avid street workout coach who’s taught on three continents, bringing a discipline for incremental skill-building and community empowerment into his collaborative engineering style.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Finance, Bachelor’s Degree Finance at Baruch CollegeMaster of Engineering - MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science at Cornell UniversityBachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering at New York University - Polytechnic School of EngineeringHigh School, High School at James Madison High School
Chinese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
pytest10
python10
testing10
typescript10
nextjs10
tailwind10
tailwindcss10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
tracks9
document-template8
profile-template8
resume8
html-template8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
xitanggg/open-resume
Jun 2023 - Oct 2024
OpenResume is a powerful open-source resume builder and resume parser. https://open-resume.com/
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 7 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Xitang primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and improving the overall user experience of the OpenResume project. They addressed mobile web layout issues and fixed font size inconsistencies in the auto-typing resume feature. Furthermore, the user refactored link src logic, extended the fallback for the bullet list textarea, and made adjustments to the resume parser algorithm article, likely for display or usability improvements. These changes suggest a focus on responsive design and user-facing elements.
nextjsreactresume-builderresume-parserresume-template
exercism/python
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Exercism exercises in Python.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 5 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Xitang primarily contributed to updating and maintaining test suites for various exercises within the Exercism platform. Their commits focused on adapting tests to new problem specifications, ensuring the correctness and completeness of solutions. These updates involved modifying test files to align with changes in the exercises' canonical data, demonstrating proficiency in understanding and implementing test cases for different programming challenges. This included adjusting tests for multiple exercises like luhn, triangle, queen-attack, resistor-color-duo, darts, and markdown, indicating a broad understanding of the exercise types.
exercismpythonexercism-exercisesexercism-trackcommunity-contributions-paused
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