Arthur Zhao
Principal Software Engineer & Tech Lead, Microsoft Viva Engage
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolArthur Zhao is a Principal Software Engineer and tech lead for Microsoft Viva Engage based in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing seven years of professional experience across backend and mobile engineering roles. He has progressed from mobile app development at BlackBerry to senior backend and platform positions at WinMagic and Machine Zone before joining Microsoft in 2017, where he now drives architecture and delivery for a large collaboration product. Known for translating complex distributed-systems challenges into practical, scalable services, he blends hands-on coding with team leadership and cross-functional collaboration. With an MS in Computer Science from Northeastern University (CN) and a track record spanning security-conscious enterprises and high-scale gaming platforms, he balances reliability, performance, and user-focused outcomes.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Northeastern University (CN)
Github Skills (17)
cognitive-services10
speech-to-text10
microsoft10
azure-cognitive-services10
microsoft-cognitive-services10
microsoft-azure10
sdk10
speech10
azure10
speech-recognition8
typescript8
electron7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
editor7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/customdpp
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 4 pushes in 5 months
ArcherAZ/azure-docs
May 2019 - Sep 2022
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:12 pushes in 3 years 4 months
microsoft-azureazuremicrosoftwebview2
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