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Fred (Rongfei) Shao ⚡️
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I'm Fred Rongfei Shao
TikTok SRE Intern · Data Science & Applied Mathematics @ USC

I build reliable systems and data pipelines with a focus on automation, observability, and production operations. Previously SRE Intern at UCloud; incoming SRE Intern at TikTok (2026). I enjoy turning messy operational problems into clean, repeatable workflows.

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My last projects
BDMS Cluster Lifecycle Automation

BDMS Cluster Lifecycle Automation
Featured

Automated big-data cluster lifecycle (deploy/ops/maintenance) and improved reliability/efficiency for large-scale environments.
Cost & Profit Analysis Pipeline

Cost & Profit Analysis Pipeline
Data

Built a data pipeline to aggregate resource usage and generate cost/profit outputs for multi-cluster environments.
YouTube → Gemini Structured Dataset Pipeline

YouTube → Gemini Structured Dataset Pipeline
AI

Pulled video metadata and used LLM-based extraction to build a structured dataset for downstream analysis.
Latest from blog
Accepted TikTok SRE Intern Offer (Summer 2026)

Accepted TikTok SRE Intern Offer (Summer 2026)
Career

I’ve accepted an offer to join TikTok as a Site Reliability Engineering Intern in San Jose.
Wrapping Up an Incredible SRE Summer at UCloud

Wrapping Up an Incredible SRE Summer at UCloud
SRE

Reflections on working on BDMS and large-scale cloud infrastructure as an SRE Intern.
Starting My SRE Journey at UCloud

Starting My SRE Journey at UCloud
Career

Reflections on accepting my first Site Reliability Engineering internship and working on large-scale cloud infrastructure.
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