Zihao Geng
Student at University of Southern California
Earth, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolZihao Geng is a versatile software engineer and USC data science master's student with 11 years of hands-on experience across web, backend, mobile, and DevOps tooling. He brings practical contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Node.js, React Native, and libuv—improving build systems, cross-platform compatibility, and test automation for challenging environments such as QEMU and Android legacy devices. Comfortable in both C++ and Python ecosystems, Zihao has modernized native addon builds, added AutoValue support for Gson tooling, and automated CI/CD for Android Docker images. A collaborative problem-solver, he pairs academic data-science training with real-world engineering rigor, often focusing on making builds and tests more robust across platforms.
12 years of coding experience
Master's Degree, Computer Science - Data Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science - Data Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor in Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Bachelor in Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at Beijing Jiaotong University
Chinese
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Github Skills (63)
javascript10
docker10
c-language10
mobile-development10
react-native10
python10
qemu10
docker-image10
testing10
gyp10
build-system10
react-native-component10
c1110
dockers10
java10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
react-native-community/docker-android
Dec 2018 - Jul 2022
Android Docker Image for React Native and common android development.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:10 releases, 43 reviews, 54 commits in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Zihao primarily focused on automating and improving the build and deployment process for the Android Docker image. Their contributions included adding auto-publish functionality using Docker, cleaning up and modifying CircleCI configurations, and fixing missing build steps within the CI/CD pipeline. They also addressed issues related to the emulator setup within the CI environment.
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nodejs/node-addon-examples
Aug 2019 - Jun 2021
Node.js C++ addon examples from http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/addons.html
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 10 commits, 43 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Zihao primarily contributed to the `nodejs/node-addon-examples` repository by fixing build issues and updating code to be compatible with newer Node.js versions (12 and 13). Their changes involved modifications to C++ files, specifically updating code that interacts with the Nan library for creating Node.js addons. They also introduced a test suite, and refactored the existing code.
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