Brendan Kao
Software Engineer at Zip
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Kao is a full-stack software engineer based in Cupertino with a decade of professional experience building web applications using React/Redux, Java, Python, PHP, and relational datastores like MySQL and PostgreSQL. He’s shipped products across startups and scale-ups—most recently joining Zip after founding and engineering at Mirascope (formerly SOTAI)—and brings hands-on front-end specialization paired with backend and data-layer fluency. A Georgia Tech MS and San José State CS alumnus, Brendan blends academic rigor with practical product delivery, frequently contributing to cross-functional teams to turn user needs into polished interfaces. Outside of product work he’s comfortable debugging hardware-level issues (early experience repairing laptops and network gear), a detail that informs his pragmatic approach to reliability and performance.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at San José State UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (25)
artificial-intelligence10
python10
typescript10
large-language-models10
llm10
prompt-engineering10
versioning10
anthropic10
developer-tools10
openai9
react8
charting8
visualization8
javascript8
interactive7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
brenkao/CS161
Feb 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 36 pushes, 4 branches in 2 months
Mirascope/miramail
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
A simple client for building AI-powered email bots in Python
Contributions:3 PRs, 7 pushes, 3 branches in 4 days
aie-mailpython
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