Zihao Gao
Senior Software Engineer at TikTok
Beijing, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolZihao Gao is a software engineer with a background in backend systems and real-time communications, currently working on recommendation architecture at TikTok after roles at Shopee and ByteDance. He has practical experience designing microservices, optimizing server-side performance for RTC, and enabling multi-vendor intercommunication for real-time products. Trained in financial engineering at NYU and with early quantitative internship experience, he brings a data-driven mindset to systems design and feature development. Having moved rapidly from backend engineering into senior roles within a few years, he combines low-level performance tuning with product-focused delivery across large-scale consumer platforms. Based in Beijing with international education and cross-company experience, he thrives at the intersection of distributed systems, streaming, and production-grade reliability.
2 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master of Science in Financial Engineering, Master's degree, Master of Science in Financial Engineering at New York UniversityBachelor of Engineering in Opto-Electronic Science and Engineering, Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering in Opto-Electronic Science and Engineering, Engineering at Zhejiang University
Github Skills (11)
git10
iot10
embedded10
mcu10
zephyr-rtos10
bluetooth-le10
rtos10
microcontroller10
hardware10
bluetooth10
zephyr10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gzh-terry/zephyr
Jul 2024 - Jun 2026
Primary Git Repository for the Zephyr Project. Zephyr is a new generation, scalable, optimized, secure RTOS for multiple hardware architectures.
Contributions:107 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 11 months
open-vela/frameworks_bluetooth
Dec 2024 - May 2026
This repository provides developers with a rich Bluetooth API, including API layers, various Services components, SAL protocol stack adaptation layers, and HAL hardware adaptation layers.
Contributions:909 reviews, 32 PRs, 753 comments in 1 year 4 months
bluetoothhardware
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