# Kaixi Wu

> Senior Software Engineer | Art, Music, Fashion, & Tech

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kaixi

Kaixi is a software engineer, artist, musician, and creative soul with a passion for the intersection between technology and art.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ ThredUp
Jan 2024 – Present | Oakland, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Rent The Runway
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Launched a loyalty program experiment to reduce churn for members, with features such as early access to new arrivals, bonus spots, and birthday gifts.

Developed a new membership portfolio with variable items & swaps per month. Modified systems to allow members to change tiers seamlessly. Introduced the ability to use promo codes on subscription upgrades and expanded promotion rules. Built self-service pause & cancel.

### Software Engineer @ Rent The Runway
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States
Redesigned the membership system to increase flexibility and agility in developing new subscriptions or adjusting prices & features. Developed an in-house subscription billing management. Migrated members onto the new system and ensured data integrity.

Launched a personalized subscriber homepage with actions & notifications for items at home and/or in bag. Developed a new service for recommendations based on user attributes and rental feedback. 

Reduced problem orders and shipping time for members by implementing filtering on items physically on rack at the warehouse.

### Software Engineering Intern @ Rent The Runway
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Automated UI Testing for iOS app: Implemented Xcode 7's automated UI testing for RTR’s iPhone application. Wrote tests for user profile and shopping. Made improvements in accessibility with more intelligible labels.

Profile Validation: Improved validation checks for user profile updates.

Reviews Sorting: Discovered, diagnosed, and fixed a year-old bug preventing accurate sorting of reviews on every product page.

### Software Intern @ ZocDoc
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Zlogs Normalization: Reduced space usage of database of user pageview logs by over 30% using database normalization.

Patient Feedback Validation: Implemented validation checks for patient feedback to alert users, as they type, if their feedback contains unpublishable content.

### Intern & Graphic Designer @ Foodtoeat.com
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Designed for print (brochures, banners, etc) and web (html/css).  Created material for social media, and wrote for email & the website.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
Columbia University

### Bridgewater-Raritan High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaixi-wu-b8940879

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Last updated: 2026-03-29