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Zhiyu Xie
From United States
$50/hr or $120,000/yr

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Member since Jan 2026

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Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer
Available for hire
Years of experience
10+ years
Experience level
Principal
Available for
Full-time, Contract
Available from
04 Jun 2026

Senior Backend & Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling highly available, distributed systems, with deep expertise in Golang, Python, and Node.js. Proven leader in architecting cloud-native microservices, FastAPI-based platforms, and high-performance GraphQL and gRPC APIs on AWS. Strong track record of modernizing legacy monoliths into resilient, observable Golang-centric ecosystems, delivering low-latency, high- throughput services at scale. Experienced in operating and optimizing data-intensive platforms processing billions of events per day, while driving security, compliance, and reliability best practices. Recognized for improving developer productivity through automation, internal tooling, and platform-level engineering initiatives.

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Employment History

Principal Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech 2021 - 2025
Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech 2018 - 2025
Senior Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech 2016 - 2018
Software Engineer at Juniper Networks 2015 - 2016
Software Engineer at Autodesk 2014 - 2015
Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University 2013 - 2013
Software Developer at Autodesk 2013 - 2013

Education

Master's degree / Computer and Information Sciences, General at Carnegie Mellon University 2012 - 2014
Bachelor's degree / Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beihang University 2008 - 2012