# April Xie

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aprilxie

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2021 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Google Flights Enterprise (January 2026-present)
Google Cloud Storage Backup & Disaster Recovery (July 2021-January 2026)

### Leadership Development Intern @ RippleMatch
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Selected from a pool of thousands of candidates to work closely with leaders of RippleMatch’s Leadership Team
- Leveraged various growth strategies and tools including social media, email marketing, presentations, and peer and faculty member networking to grow the user base and awareness on campus
- Strategically assessed growth and performance metrics to improve, change and/or help design new growth strategies

### Software Engineering Intern @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
- Created an open source guide and integration code to forward Cloud Monitoring alerts to third party applications using Pub/Sub
- Developed a Flask app in Python to log alerts, APIs to send alerts to Philips Hue and JIRA, & cont. deployment with Terraform
- Enhanced scalability by documenting the app in a Google Cloud community guide so customers can write custom integrations

### Software Development Intern @ BFAM Partners (Hong Kong) Limited
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Hong Kong
- Created a web app to view and edit user groups and resources, used as the central user permission interface for privileged users
- Developed frontend with React/DevExtreme, API endpoints in Python/FastAPI and PyMongo/MongoDB, deployed using Docker
- Integrated user authentication (synced with an internal authentication server) so only privileged users can access the application

### Software Engineering Intern @ Salesforce
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California
- Migrated 7 UI components to a new Javascript framework so businesses can more efficiently build customer service chatbots
- Integrated an emoji-picker and text-to-emoji autocomplete functionality, enabling rich content support in bots for the first time
- Designed a to-do list UI component for Salesforce teams to organize past and present deliverables as part of an intern hackathon
- Wrote Javascript unit tests using the Jest Testing Framework, identifying new bugs and maintaining over 80% code coverage

### Developer and Researcher @ MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
- Developed a mobile app in a structured team setting to provide listings for live music events in the Boston area
- Performed frontend app development using React Native, backend database management using AWS & SQL
- Conducted research on major technological players in the live music industry and report findings to improve the app’s impact

### Cybersecurity Intern @ Northrop Grumman
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area
- Collaborated with cybersecurity, networks, and integration teams to enhance and update BACN systems for the US Air Force
- Implemented Linux security tools, including Bash hardening scripts and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
- Led project to gather information about critical applications, which provided more accountability for BACN software
- Wrote Python script to extract and organize several files of data, which eliminated hours spent organizing data manually
- Expedited Security Test & Evaluation efforts by checking system compliance with security benchmarks

### Researcher @ University of California San Diego
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater San Diego Area
- Participated in regular discussions about environment, health, and safety principles
- Reviewed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LE ED) and its uses in construction and urban planning
- Presented LEED’s impact on sustainable infrastructure to students and faculty at a final research symposium


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Del Norte High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/april-xie

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Last updated: 2026-03-28