Tao Xia

Tao Xia has a diverse work experience in software engineering and management roles. They most recently worked as a Founding Engineer at Kindred starting in January 2023. Prior to this, they were a Staff Software Engineer at DoorDash from November 2018 to December 2022. They also held the position of Staff Software Engineer at Udacity from September 2017 to November 2018.

Before that, Tao held multiple roles at Yahoo! Inc. starting from April 2010. They initially served as a Software Engineering Manager, where they worked on projects for Search Ad and Display Ad in the Advertisement Product Group. They also managed the QE team for Traffic Protection and Marketplace, and were responsible for sprint feature delivery, team performance monitoring, performance testing framework development, continuous integration, release planning, and working on data platforms and reporting systems.

Tao's earlier experience includes working as a Software QA Engineer at Business Objects, SAP, from May 2005 to April 2010. In this role, they designed and implemented test automation for the Crystal Report Engine, created test plans for Crystal Report components, and developed exporting validation tools compatible with various formats.

Overall, Tao Xia has a strong background in software engineering and management, with experience in various industries and a focus on building and delivering high-quality software products and systems.

Tao Xia holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Victoria. Additionally, they have pursued further education and obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science from the same institution. The specific start and end years of both degrees are not provided.