Yao Xiao - Software Engineer at Google

Yao Xiao

Software Engineer at Google

Greater Boston United States

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Summary

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Yao Xiao is a software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in C/C++ systems, algorithms, multi-threaded programming, and Linux kernel/socket work, currently building software at Google in the Greater Boston area. He combines deep low-level systems expertise with data analytics and NLP skills—having used Python, Spark, Elasticsearch, and AWS—to bridge production systems and data-driven features. His background includes building latency-sensitive trading simulators, real-time OpenCL rendering, and mobile/React Native components, showing a pattern of shipping pragmatic, performance-focused solutions. An iterative contributor to specification work on privacy-focused web APIs (FLoC documentation), he brings both implementation and technical writing strengths to cross-disciplinary teams.

10 years of coding experience

1 year of employment as a software developer

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.51, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.51 at University of Michigan

Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.83, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.83 at Columbia University

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.50, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.50 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

English, Chinese

Github Skills (3)

documentation10

api-design9

webidl5

Programming languages (6)

BikeshedMakefileJavaScriptHTMLMarkdownPython

Github contributions (5)

WICG/floc

Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

This proposal has been replaced by the Topics API.

Role in this project:

Technical Writer

Contributions:54 reviews, 35 commits, 4 PRs in 2 months

Contributions summary:Yao's commits primarily involve creating and updating a specification document ("floc.bs") related to the Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) API. The commits show iterative revisions of the document, including adding content, correcting errors, and addressing review comments. The user's focus is on documenting the API's functionality, privacy considerations, and algorithm details, demonstrating a deep understanding of the subject matter.

floc

xyaoinum/chromium-ads-detection

Feb 2020 - Jul 2023

Contributions:15 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months

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