About

Xiang Zhang is an experienced software engineer with over 10 years of experience in the internet industry. He is currently working as a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, where he is responsible for bridging feed infrastructure and content experiences. Xiang has a proven track record of working on cross-functional teams and is skilled in highly scalable distributed systems, streaming systems, big data analysis, and cloud computing. He has worked on a wide range of technologies, including micro-services, NoSQL databases, and offline big data processing. Prior to his current role, Xiang worked as a Tech lead of the identity platform team and identity analytics team at LinkedIn. In this role, he was responsible for critical, highly-scalable infrastructure that serves profile data to over 600 million members. He also worked on analytics products, including Who Viewed My Profile, Search Appearances, and Professional Identity Digest emails. Xiang has also served as a Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn, where he worked on the identity platform team that owns various online, nearline, and offline backend systems supporting a variety of LinkedIn profile experiences. He led a team to revamp the profile highlight backend service and build an API for Microsoft Office 365 integration from scratch. Xiang holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering from Xidian University. Overall, Xiang is a highly skilled software engineer with a strong background in infrastructure, big data, search, and backend systems. He is a valuable asset to any team and has a proven track record of delivering high-quality results.