Zihao Xiao
Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZihao Xiao is a Senior Software Engineer based in California with nine years of experience building production-grade systems at companies like NVIDIA and Waymo. He brings a strong academic foundation—holding an MS and PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins—paired with hands-on experience in autonomous driving and GPU-centric software engineering. Zihao has moved between research and production roles, contributing to both internal platform features and externally-facing documentation for projects like UnrealCV, where he improved Mac support and developer onboarding for a prominent computer vision + Unreal Engine integration. Known for translating complex research ideas into maintainable code and clear documentation, he balances system-level rigor with practical developer empathy. Colleagues rely on him to bridge the gap between prototypes and scalable implementations in demanding, safety-critical environments.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor's degree, Automation, Bachelor's degree, Automation at Southeast University
Github Skills (8)
markdown10
markdown-it10
documentation10
unreal-engine-56
unreal6
unreal-engine-46
computer-vision5
git4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
unrealcv/unrealcv
May 2017 - Jul 2017
UnrealCV: Connecting Computer Vision to Unreal Engine
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Zihao primarily focused on updating and expanding the documentation for the UnrealCV project. Their contributions included adding descriptions for the Mac environment, detailing the process of implementing new commands within the UnrealCV framework, and clarifying steps for compiling the plugin from source code. The changes encompassed updates to multiple documentation files, including installation, development, and configuration guides, enhancing the usability and clarity of the documentation.
unreal-enginevirtual-worldsunrealvisioncomputer-vision
Ized06/unrealcv
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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