Summary
Zhihao Wu is a software engineer and creative coder with 11 years of experience building polished front-end experiences and full-stack web apps, currently at Zoox in the San Francisco Bay Area. Formerly technical lead at Upperquad, he guided engineering practices while building interactive, scroll-driven storytelling, data visualizations, and 3D graphics for high-profile clients such as Google, Patagonia, Lyft, and Stanford d.school. He designs modular libraries, integrates CMSs, and architects backend solutions with REST and WebSocket, balancing visual fidelity with browser performance and accessibility. An active contributor to amp.dev, he’s delivered UI improvements like mobile menus, share buttons, and event pages that showcase his attention to UX and AMP best practices. Trained at Tsinghua and with a master’s in computer science from CU Boulder, he brings both rigorous academic grounding and a hands-on craft approach to product-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor's degree, Automation, Bachelor's degree, Automation at Tsinghua University
chinese, mandarin, English