Zihan Hu
Software Engineer at TikTok
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolZihan Hu is a software engineer with a decade of experience building production systems across consumer platforms and research settings, currently at TikTok while pursuing an MS in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. With a BE in Computer Engineering and a mathematics minor from UIUC, he blends strong theoretical foundations in DSP, distributed systems, and ML with hands-on product work—from gamified e-commerce features that reached over a million DAU to TextToSQL analytics tools for advertising performance. He has experience shipping NLP/LLM-driven products (job-application insights, chatbot analytics) and teaching assistants roles that reflect clear communication and mentorship skills. Zihan’s background as a founder and operator in live-stream e-commerce gives him a rare mix of growth-minded product instincts and deep technical chops.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of ChicagoBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrsuline High SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Lake Ridge Academy
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
harryboos/Arduino-Video-Controller
Dec 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
harryboos/Auto-Music-Generation
Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 29 days
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