Zhan Zhixiang is a software engineer with seven years of experience building front-end and full-stack features for large-scale products at companies including Microsoft, NetEase, and Baidu. At Microsoft he contributed to the Bot Framework Composer—an influential open-source conversational AI tool—focusing on UI/UX improvements, LG template lifecycle, QnA integration, and backend data handling. He combines a visual design background (Industrial and Product Design, BUPT) with strong engineering skills, which helps him bridge product design and implementation in conversational interfaces. His work shows attention to internationalization, performance and maintainable project structure across complex codebases. Based in Chengdu, he brings a pragmatic, user-centered approach to developer tools and chat-first experiences.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
学士, Industrial and Product Design, 学士, Industrial and Product Design at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Dialog creation and management for Microsoft Bot Framework Applications
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Full-stack Developer
Contributions:84 reviews, 384 commits, 208 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Zhan primarily focused on implementing and improving the user interface and backend logic for the Microsoft Bot Framework Composer application. Their contributions involved creating, updating, and deleting language generation (LG) templates, as well as improving the visual editing experience and adding new features related to QnA integration. They also worked on fixing bugs, optimizing code, and ensuring proper project structure and data handling across different locales. The user demonstrated a good understanding of both front-end and back-end development in the context of a conversational AI application.
Dialog creation and management for Microsoft Bot Framework Applications
Contributions:1 release, 8 PRs, 450 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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