Summary
Xuanyu Zhou is a Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft with nine years of experience building production web and tooling systems, including work on Office Web Apps and an award-winning internship project that scaled to support 150+ engineers. He holds dual master’s degrees in Computer Information & Technology and Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from the University of Pennsylvania with a 3.94 GPA, combining software expertise with a strong hardware/mechatronics background. At Microsoft he progressed from intern to SWE and SWE2, contributing to cross-team tools that materially reduced operational cost and improved customer satisfaction. Xuanyu’s practical skills span C#, .NET, Azure Cognitive Services, MVC/Entity Framework, and embedded C used in teaching labs, enabling him to bridge backend services and hardware-aware systems. Based in Redmond, he is actively seeking full-time software engineering roles in the U.S. and brings a track record of shipping reliable, widely adopted internal tools. A less obvious strength is his design-for-operations mindset—building solutions that prioritize maintainability and measurable impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, MCIT(Computer Information & Technology) & ME (Mechanical Engineering), 3.94/4.0, Master's degree, MCIT(Computer Information & Technology) & ME (Mechanical Engineering), 3.94/4.0 at University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University