Accela Zhao
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Minhang District, Shanghai, China
Summary
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Top SchoolAccela Zhao is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in cloud and distributed storage systems, currently at Microsoft after a progression from Software Engineer II to Senior roles. He contributes to OpenStack Cinder—improving reliability, test coverage, and preventing potential data integrity issues—reflecting a focus on robustness in block storage. Educated at Nanjing University (B.S./M.S. in Software Engineering), he has industrial experience across EMC, Cisco and Intel, blending hands‑on backend development with systems thinking. An active learner and blogger, he combines pragmatic bug‑fixing craftsmanship with an eye for long‑term architectural quality in large-scale cloud infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Software Engineering, Master's Degree Software Engineering at Nanjing University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (9)
cinder10
service-provider10
openstack10
service-design10
python10
testing10
api-design9
database7
databases7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/cinder
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Accela primarily contributed to the OpenStack Cinder project by fixing bugs and improving code quality. Their commits focused on correcting indentation issues to meet coding standards, preventing potential data integrity problems, and addressing scenarios where the system might fail. They also worked on improving test coverage and ensuring correct behavior within the block storage service.
block-storageopenstack
accelazh/accelazh.github.io
Jun 2014 - Feb 2023
Contributions:307 commits, 275 pushes, 1 comment in 8 years 9 months
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