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Ying Zhang

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States21 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in cloud architecture and distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in high-performance system design.
  • Strong leadership in cross-functional collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in SaaS and Networking.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsCloud ComputingNetwork SecurityData AnalysisCloud ArchitectureSecurityInfrastructure ManagementScalabilityEmbedded SystemsSearch Engine DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

Other Skills

AWSAlgorithmsApache KafkaApache SparkC/C++CachingCassandraCloud ServicesContent Security & UTMData StorageEmbedded Real-Time SystemsFirewallHadoopHiveIn-app Chat

About

Seasoned professional in architecting, designing and developing high-performance, high-availability and scalable systems in distributed and cloud environments; solid background and hands-on experience in cloud computing, computer networking and object-oriented design; keen analytical ability and well-developed cross-functional collaboration leadership skills. Specialties: * Distributed Systems and Computer Networking * Cloud computing (EC2, ELB, S3, SQS, Lambda, etc) * Server Load Balancing * Content Security & UTM (Web filtering, Anti Virus, etc) * Firewall (stateful inspection, ALG, etc) * WAN Acceleration and Optimization * Embedded Real-Time Systems * Linux, FreeBSD, RTOS * Java/J2EE (Spring, Hibernate, Jersey, etc), Python, C/C++ * MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB

Experience

Salesforce

Software Engineer

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Marketing cloud

Clubhouse

Software Engineer

Jan 2022Oct 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Various platforms & services for Clubhouse's core business flow: anti-abuse system, communication platform (SMS and email), voice transcription service, etc.

Apple

Software Engineer

Oct 2020Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Trust & safety platform

Uber

Software Engineer

Sep 2014Oct 2020 · 6 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Various platforms & services for Uber's core business flow: search, communications, finance forecasting, tax.
  • UberEats search & discovery platform (search relevance, query understanding, deliverability & discoverability)
  • Uber communication platform (Voice call anonymization, in-app chat, SMS's, emails, push notifications)
  • Uber finance forecasting platform (Spark, Machine Learning, Hive, Hadoop, Cassandra)
  • Uber tax platform (EMobility, Eats, Freights)

Cyphort (acquired by juniper networks)

Director

Jan 2013Jan 2014 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Lead the infrastructure team. Architecture, design and develop Cyphort Global Security Service cloud platform for appliance management, health monitoring, malware detection, software update and data storage.

Ubiquiti networks

Director

Jan 2012Jan 2013 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Lead the platform team. Architecture and design the cloud platform across all product lines. Maintain the cloud infrastructure and operate the cloud services.
  • REST API service for data collection, device registration, provisioning and management in AWS
  • Hosted machine to machine services (motion, current, temperature sensors, etc) in AWS
  • Portal for user registration and account management
  • Single-sign-on (SSO) system with integration to all product lines and online services
  • Dashboard monitoring and analytics service with real-time user and device statistics
  • Operation automation of cloud service deployment and maintenance

Netflix

Senior Engineer

Jan 2011Jan 2012 · 1 yr · Los Gatos, CA

  • Media pipeline and cloud computing.
  • Large scale cloud computing system (4000+ AWS EC2 instances)
  • Distributed massive parallel encoding system
  • Cloud-based content deployment
  • Scalable and configurable scheduling

Juniper networks

Staff Engineer

Jan 2006Jan 2011 · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Design and development of real-time embedded systems and high-performance secure networks in C/C++, improve network performance via server load balancing and application acceleration. Assume key role in function specification, system design, feature implementation and testing. Invent fast and efficient algorithms for networking and distributing systems. Three patents issued.
  • Server load balancer for high-end secure router (United States Patents 8,433,808 and 8,762,534).
  • Object store module for WAN acceleration.
  • Application acceleration for HTTP and CIFS.
  • Web filtering for branch-office secure router.
  • Stateful inspection for SCTP protocol on firewall (the world's first SCTP firewall solution; United States Patent 7,890,637).

Yahoo inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2005Jan 2006 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Designed, developed and maintained core modules of Yahoo search engine.
  • Caching module for proxy server.
  • Query annotation module.
  • Query result deduplication.
  • Query result last-page handling.

Boston scientific

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2004Jan 2005 · 1 yr · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Developed a cardiac analysis system for real-time data acquisition and pacing control.

Education

Duke University

PhD — Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tsinghua University

MS — Electronic Engineering

Tsinghua University

BS — Electronic Engineering

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