Yuan Zhu
Full Stack Software Engineer at Apple
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolYuan Zhu is a Full Stack Software Engineer with 11 years of experience based in Sunnyvale, California, currently building software at Apple. He brings deep mobile expertise from prior roles at Oracle, Centric Software, and BroadVision, having authored reusable iOS libraries, cross-platform client SDKs, and production-grade apps for fashion and social networking. Yuan contributes to notable open-source work on ResearchKit, improving UI and accessibility for medical research apps—an indicator of his attention to user-facing details and inclusive design. With a Master's in Computer Science from USC and a background in electrical engineering from Peking University, he blends systems thinking with polished front-end execution. Colleagues know him for shipping reliable UI improvements that quietly elevate usability across complex codebases.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering at Peking UniversityHigh School, High School at Beijing No 5 High school
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Github Skills (6)
accessibility10
swift10
user-interface10
ios10
ui-design9
objective-c8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ResearchKit/ResearchKit
Apr 2015 - Sep 2016
ResearchKit is an open source software framework that makes it easy to create apps for medical research or for other research projects.
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:415 commits, 317 PRs, 270 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Yuan primarily focused on modifying and improving the UI elements and accessibility of the ResearchKit framework. The user addressed bugs related to the display and functionality of components such as the "Learn More" modal, scale sliders, and chart view, as well as the progress bar and accessibility features. These changes involved updates to UI element layouts, accessibility labels and features, as well as fixing bugs related to the user experience.
open-source-softwareresearchkitmedicalsoftware-framework
ResearchKit/AsthmaHealth
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 months
studyingasthmareact-nativeresearchkitandroid
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