Zhiyu Zhu
Software Engineer at Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
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Top SchoolZhiyu Zhu is a software engineer with a decade of experience building robust iOS and compiler tooling, currently contributing at Apple in Cupertino. They have deep Swift expertise demonstrated by contributions to the Swift language and Foundation corelibs—implementing macro/compile-time features and hardening NSRange behavior—and migration work modernizing popular iOS layouts and libraries. A University of Washington MS/BS graduate with near-perfect GPAs, Zhiyu blends production engineering with teaching and community leadership as a former Apple intern, GitHub Campus Expert, and co-founder of a university mobile dev club. They also automate and document learning workflows (e.g., scripting Stanford course materials) and produce a tech podcast with open-sourced tooling for faster episode production, showing a rare mix of compiler-level systems work, mobile product focus, and public-facing technical communication.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 3.94, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, 3.94 at University of WashingtonOakton High SchoolChengdu Jiaxiang Foreign Languages SchoolSummer Session, Computer Science, 4.300, Summer Session, Computer Science, 4.300 at Stanford University
Japanese, English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
markdown10
ios10
strings10
foundation10
testing10
text-manipulation10
macros10
xctest10
compiler-design10
markdown-it10
uicollectionview10
swift10
scripting9
objective-c9
xml-parsing9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
Apollonyan/Developing-iOS-11-Apps-with-Swift
Nov 2017 - May 2020
Stanford 公开课，Developing iOS 11 Apps with Swift 字幕翻译
Role in this project:
Technical Writer & Mobile Developer
Technical Writer & Mobile DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 90 commits, 12 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Zhiyu primarily worked on modifying a script to automatically fetch and format data from an RSS feed. They refactored the code to generate a markdown-based download list, including titles and summaries for each entry. Furthermore, they added and updated resources and links for various course materials, especially those related to video and reading content. These changes indicate a focus on automating and enhancing the presentation of learning materials.
stanfordipaddevelopingswiftios
swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundation
Feb 2019 - May 2020
The Foundation Project, providing core utilities, internationalization, and OS independence
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 10 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Zhiyu primarily focused on testing and ensuring the correctness of the `NSRange` functionality within the Swift Foundation library. Their contributions involved adding new test cases, modifying existing tests, and replacing previous implementations. They specifically targeted the initialization of `NSRange` with `RangeExpression` and the interaction with strings. The work also covered cleanup of whitespace and the optimization of existing code.
tvostranslationinternationalizationfoundationindependence
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