Michael Cao
Software Engineer
Summary
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RockstarMichael Cao is a software engineer based in Palo Alto with seven years of experience building full-stack systems and production-ready APIs, currently contributing to core engineering at Glean. A Stanford BS/MS graduate, he blends systems engineering and foundation-model interests with hands-on work across web, real-time, and distributed systems—from implementing high-throughput WebSocket APIs to deploying gRPC endpoints and caching strategies. He co-created and actively contributed to the well-known USACO Guide, improving React front-end components, build tooling, and search integration, and has a strong competitive programming background. Michael’s track record spans startups, internships at trading and consumer-tech firms, and founding nonprofit and sustainability ventures, reflecting an unusual mix of product focus, research-adjacent teaching, and mission-driven engineering.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
react10
gatsby9
mdx9
gatsbyjs9
css8
algorithm7
cpp5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cpinitiative/usaco-guide
Jun 2020 - Nov 2021
A free collection of curated, high-quality resources to take you from Bronze to Platinum and beyond.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 217 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed significantly to the front-end by modifying React components, including changes to syllabus modules and table of contents. They also updated the project's build configurations with the addition of gatsby-plugin-algolia, and improved styling. Furthermore, the user addressed and resolved merge conflicts throughout the codebase, including those involving core components.
cpppythonhigh-qualityusacocompetitive-programming
caoash/competitive-programming
Dec 2018 - Oct 2021
repository of competitive programming codes
Contributions:40 commits, 200 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
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