Zhong Xu
Software Engineer at dbt Labs
Newark, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhong Xu is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building production systems across Silicon Valley companies, currently contributing to SQL frontend work at dbt Labs. With a background spanning Facebook and Pinterest and early experience in web and data tooling, he combines strong engineering fundamentals from a Computer Engineering master's with deep analytical training from a PhD in Civil Engineering. Comfortable across back-end, data-processing and front-end stacks (including past work with JavaScript, CasperJS, Solr, Chef and Ruby), he excels at quickly learning new domains and shipping pragmatic solutions. Based in Newark, California, he brings a research-minded approach to practical engineering problems and a track record of moving between academia and industry to deliver measurable impact.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.53, Master's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.53 at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering, 3.4, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering, 3.4 at Southeast UniversityMaster's degree, Civil Engineering, Master's degree, Civil Engineering at The Catholic University of AmericaBachelor's degree, Computer Science and Technology, 3.6, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Technology, 3.6 at Anhui Agricultural University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (46)
sql-query10
data-governance10
parser10
python10
datahub10
optimizer10
metadata10
data-management10
java10
dataframe10
linkedin10
sql10
data-profiling10
data-catalog10
rust10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
sdf-labs/arrow-datafusion
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Apache Arrow DataFusion SQL Query Engine
Contributions:37 reviews, 31 PRs, 27 pushes in 2 years 1 month
queryquery-enginearrow-datafusionsqldatafusion
sdf-labs/sql-functions
May 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:31 reviews, 35 PRs, 35 pushes in 6 months
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