Yixiao Chai
Software Engineer at LinkedIn
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYixiao Chai is a software engineer based in Bellevue with a decade of experience building mobile and backend systems, currently contributing at LinkedIn after roles at Cisco and MoreTech. With an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a strong telecoms foundation from Queen Mary and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, he blends systems thinking with polished iOS UX work. His open-source iOS contributions (notably to CatchChat/Yep) show hands-on expertise in media previews, image pickers, and gesture-driven interactions. Comfortable shipping product-facing features at scale, he brings cross-domain fluency from telecommunications to modern mobile engineering. Colleagues describe him as quietly curious—his GitHub bio simply says "喵~", hinting at a playful, pragmatic engineering style.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of the Art Institute of ChicagoBachelor's degree, Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications Engineering at Queen Mary University of London
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Github Skills (5)
swift10
ios10
uiimagepickercontroller10
uicollectionview10
ui-design9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CatchChat/Yep
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Meet Genius
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:72 commits, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Contributions summary:Yixiao primarily contributed to the development and modification of the iOS mobile application. Their commits focused on implementing and refining the user interface, including the addition of new features for media previews, image selection, and the modification of existing UI elements such as the image picker. The changes also include code related to user interaction, such as handling gestures and implementing actions on user selection of images.
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DianQK/RxYepRecord
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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