# Qitian Liao > Senior Software Engineer at Google Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/qitian ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2024 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Software Engineer III @ Google Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ IXL Learning Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Mateo, California, United States ### Graduate Research Team Lead @ UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 - Designed and launched fully functional automatic Question Generators; the system transforms how instructors and students approach assessments and confers significant benefits for institutional resilience and academic fairness, potentially shaping the future of education. - Used state diagrams to create a high-level concept map of topics covered in courses and determined types of questions under each concept. - Captured the essence and paradigm underlying curated questions linked to the concepts, built the infrastructure to enable the features of selecting difficulty levels, generating new variants, and providing immediate feedback based on inputs using Python, HTML, and JavaScript. - Streamlined existing Question Generators on PrairieLearn and created an interactive assignment interface. - Managed a team of six to build Python-based Questions: built GitHub Project website and spreadsheet to track team progress, assigned multi-variate tasks, and organized two-hour weekly meetings to check in progress and discuss prospective roadmaps. ### Undergraduate Student Instructor of Math 1A Calculus @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 - Taught two discussion sessions of 50 students, graded homework and exams, created weekly quizzes, proctored midterms, and finals, and held additional office hours. ### Academic Intern of CS61b: Data Structures and Programming Methodology @ UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, CA - Coordinated and taught during office hours, labs and discussion sections, and guided 40+ students through homework, labs and projects. - Cooperated with professors and graduate student instructors in the preparation of worksheets, quizzes and exams; held mini-individual tutoring sessions of 5–6 students to go over programming language concepts using worksheets, PowerPoints and other self-prepared material. ### Academic Intern of CS61a: The Structure and Interpretations of Computer Programs @ UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, California - Coordinated and taught during office hours, labs and discussion sections, and guided 40+ students through homework, labs and projects. - Cooperated with professors and graduate student instructors in the preparation of worksheets, quizzes and exams; held mini-individual tutoring sessions of 5–6 students to go over programming language concepts using worksheets, PowerPoints and other self-prepared material. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ University of California, Berkeley Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Berkeley, CA - Analyzed original German literature works “On Religion” by Friedrich Schleiermacher and “Death Of Adam” by Friedrich Klopstock, searched multiple versions of corresponding translation of the selected paragraphs, and helped integrate the quotes into respective parts of the paper. - Finalized and fashioned the citation and reference of the analysis paper on the topic of secularism, published to uni-frankfurt.academia.edu. ### Analyst Intern @ Rabobank Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Shanghai IFC - Attained raw marketing and sales data of 100+ companies’ beverages using Bloomberg, categorized and filtered by dates, business lines, and marketing categories with Excel, analyzed and predicted marketing trends using Lagrange and Adam Moulton interpolation methods, resulting in a more detailed marketing overview of all beverage brands and a solid foundation for developing future business strategies and financial plans. - Performed extensive industry research on the marketing trends and premiumization of beverages, interviewed C-level executives, drafted a five-page paper on forecasting a gradual premiumization of beverages in the next decade in China, and presented during department meetings. - Translated monthly and quarterly financial reports in German, English and Chinese, and distributed them among cross-domain departments. ### Student representative at Suzanne Cory High School @ Suzanne Cory High School Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Melbourne, Australia - Gave a brief introduction of Shanghai Foreign Language School ss the student representative. - Introduced Chinese calligraphy and martial arts to local students. - Enhanced friendship and cooperation between two schools. ### Exchange student at University of Munich @ University of Munich Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Munich, Germany - Managed a group of 5 students to conduct comparative research on the German beer culture and the Chinese tea culture by interviewing experts, and wrote a comprehensive research paper on the topic. - Scheduled and organized an expedition to Neuschwanstein Castle to conduct research on Ludwig II of Bavaria and 19th-century Germany, drafted and completed a 10+ page research paper on the topic. ### Participant of Global Young Leaders' Conference @ Global Young Leaders Academy Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater New York City Area - Introduced Chinese culture to international students and enhanced friendships with students from different countries. - Held mock conferences to discuss and suggest possible solutions to poverty and gender inequality issues around the globe. ### Participant of Yale Model United Nations @ Yale University Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New Haven - Represented Antigua and Barbuda in the UNDP Committee; conversed with other delegates over the topic of marine territory. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, German University of California, Berkeley Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ### High School Diploma Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU Jan 2009 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/qitian-liao-746648139 --- Source: https://flows.cv/qitian JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/qitian/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22