Jingqi Ao

Experience

1. Senior Staff Software Engineer

   Databook

   Aug 2024 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   Architected backend systems for a multi-tenant SaaS platform serving 300+ tenants and daily active users, handling 100+ requests/sec. Designed tenant-specific domain routing, authentication flows, and scalable platform infrastructure on AWS/Kubernetes.• Led platform architecture initiatives and design reviews as a Staff-level IC, including redesigning the authorization system by replacing a legacy permission model with a simplified multi-tenant RBAC framework (~20 permissions).• Built AI workflow infrastructure by designing a reasoning API that initiates AI-driven workflows integrated with multiple enterprise customer systems. Implemented dynamic input validation and response normalization to handle LLM variability and deliver consistent, user-friendly outputs.• Developed distributed processing and API platforms, including a batch execution framework built on AWS and a high-throughput Batch API supporting 3,600 tasks per request and 30k tasks per day, improving performance and reducing infrastructure costs by ~25%.

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

  2008 — 2010

• Texas Tech University

  Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Automatic Control

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Software Engineering
• Redis
• Matlab
• Machine Learning
• Windows Azure
• Cassandra
• Java
• Angularjs
• Phonegap
• C
• Programming
• Algorithms
• Embedded Software
• Opengl Es
• Linux
• C++
• Python
• Html5
• Mongodb
• Node.js
• Operating Systems
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Image Processing
• Signal Processing
• Embedded Systems
• Opencl
• Artificial Intelligence
• Android