Fangfei Zhou

Software Engineer

Port Jervis, New York, United States15 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Over 13 years of experience in software engineering.
  • Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in performance engineering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Infrastructure Engineer with extensive experience in large-scale distributed systems.

Contact

LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsScalabilityInfrastructureNetworkingVideo ProcessingCdnSoftware DevelopmentData AnalysisWeb Development

Other Skills

ReliabilityPerformance EngineeringData CentersC++PerliSCSIiSERInfinibandRoceJavaShell scriptsSQLPythonJavaScriptCloud

About

Principal Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience at Amazon, Netflix, Google, and Meta, focused on building and scaling distributed infrastructure and content delivery platforms serving global traffic. My work centers on system design at scale, reliability and performance engineering, and driving technical direction across multiple orgs. I enjoy tackling complex, ambiguous problems and turning them into practical, durable systems that teams can operate with confidence. I value thoughtful design, long-term impact, and learning from strong engineers along the way.

Experience

15 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 3 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Capital one

Senior Distinguished Engineer

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Hybrid

  • Lead scalability, reliability, and performance readiness for large cross-platform initiatives spanning Card, Bank, and shared services.
  • Own technical direction for distributed backend systems supporting critical customer experiences, working across organizations to surface systemic risk and dependency bottlenecks.
  • Drive definition and adoption of capacity planning, load testing, and observability practices to strengthen platform resilience and operational confidence.
ScalabilityReliabilityPerformance EngineeringDistributed Systems

Career break

Travel

Dec 2024 – Jun 2025 · 6 mos

  • Personal time and travel

Amazon

Principal Software Engineer

Oct 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Hybrid

Data CentersInfrastructure

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Networking

Google

Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

Video ProcessingDistributed Systems

Facebook

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2016 – Apr 2020 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Cambridge, MA

ScalabilityCDN

Riverbed technology

Member of Technical Staff

Jul 2013 – Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Cambridge, MA

Emc

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr · Hopkinton, Ma

  • Server Flash Product, R&D
  • Took the lead in developing Network Management Daemon which manages Infiniband cards and monitors Ethernet, Infiniband and Roce traffic (C++, Perl, iSCSI, iSER, Infiniband, Roce)
  • Improved the work efficiency of QE team by developing an automatic testing framework for XtremSF cards on Windows, Linux and ESXi (Java)

Akamai technologies

Platform Engineer Intern

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos

  • Mapping group, Cambridge
  • Verified the algorithms working for name server mapping is adaptable for end user mapping, by conducting experimental research and analyzing the statistics (Perl, Shell scripts and SQL)
  • Discovered the accuracy of router geographic location records by analyzing traceroute data from Akamai network regions (C++)
  • discovered the correlation between CIDR blocks and name server load (C++, Python)

Google

Software Engineer Intern

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos · Cambridge, MA

  • Improved visualization of the Apache module ModPagespeed by developing web pages which deliver curcial system messages and dynamic statistics histograms to administrators and developer (JS, C++)
  • Enhanced the accuracy of web page filtering mechanisms by developing tools to detect search engine bots (C++, JAVA)

Northeastern university

Instructor

Sep 2010 – Apr 2011 · 7 mos

  • Computer Science and its Applications
  • Top-rated instructor for two semesters
  • Taught effective computations using Microsoft Excel and Access; Held 4-hour lecture per week

Emc

Linux Software Engineer Intern

May 2010 – Aug 2010 · 3 mos

  • SoHo team, Southborough
  • Developed Trivial File Transfer Protocol on Home media devices using C++ and HTML
  • Developed automatic photo transfer feature for non-PTP camera on Iomega device using C++
  • Configured SSD-based storage device for academic research

Education

Northeastern University

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) — Computer Science

Jan 2007 – Jan 2012

Zhejiang University

B.S — Computer Science

Jan 2003 – Jan 2007

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