Yi Xiao
Senior Software Engineer at Facebook
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYi Xiao is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building reliable, scalable systems for major tech platforms, currently contributing at Facebook out of Bellevue, WA. Previously at Amazon, Tremor Video, Dealer.com and in academia at Virginia Tech, Yi has blended backend Java expertise with large-scale content integrity and ad-tech solutions. Known as a pragmatic, research-driven developer, Yi thrives in agile teams and has a track record of turning complex client requirements into maintainable production features. With a formal background in biology (BS, Wuhan University; MS, Virginia Tech), Yi brings analytical rigor and curiosity to software problems—often applying cross-disciplinary thinking to system design. An enthusiastic open-source programmer, Yi favors practical tooling and automation that speeds delivery and improves system reliability.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Wuhan UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master of Science (MS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Virginia Tech
English, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
broker6
java6
mqtt4
moquette4
iot3
image-slider2
android2
fiber1
ray1
diffraction1
scientific-computing1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
xykid1986/spring-rest-template
Jul 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 3 months
xykid1986/serverclientsyncup
Dec 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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