# Xiao (Shawn) Zhao

> Software Engineer at Google

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/xiaoshawnzhao

Keep calm and code on!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Work on the YouTube Video Infrastructure team. Develop the hardware transcoding platform for YouTube

### Software Engineer @ CarGurus
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, Massachusetts

### Software Engineer @ Dell EMC XtremIO
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Hopkinton, Massachusetts

### Research Student @ Northeastern University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
I'm doing my Master Project at ESL(Embedded System Lab) in Northeastern University. The work for me is SDL visualization and OpenDDS communication implemented in C++. I develop the modules in C++ to be called by upper level applications

### Logic Intern @ Fusion-io
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
-Wrote a python script to make sure simulation of design can run multi tests at the same time
-Add some function in python script to read data from simulation log file like machine name and put data back to database and webpage
-Made management of the verification database which contain result of simulation. And write a python script to delete the old record in database before a given date
-Rearranged python script to split testbench class in it into separate python files to make it easier to add new testbench in the future
-Wrote C++ and python program for Single Event Upset Hardware Test. Used the record of the test for analysis and next step development. Found some part is out of parity bit protection that can cause silent data corruption based on the result. Modified some part of the design to fix this issue


## Education
### Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University

### Bachelor of Engineering in Automation
Tianjin University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiao-shawn-zhao-63266663

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Last updated: 2026-03-31