Summary
Ashley Zhu is a software engineer at Zillow with nine years of experience building full-stack web applications and refining product-focused engineering practices. A UCLA Computer Science student and former Software Development Engineer Intern at Zillow, she has led projects from prototype to beta—most notably as Project Lead at Nova, where she built a Mentor Center using Next.js, Apollo/GraphQL, and PostgreSQL now tested by multiple programs. She brings hands-on backend experience in Go and GORM, front-end expertise in React/Mapbox, and practical data analysis with Python to inform product and outreach strategy. As External Vice President of the Engineering Society at UCLA and a board member at Nova, she pairs technical delivery with cross-functional leadership and agile project management. Her side projects span e-commerce, Chrome extensions, and VR games, reflecting a curiosity for diverse tech stacks and user experiences. Colleagues describe her as thorough, feedback-oriented, and unusually people-first for an engineer—she even likens her collaborative style to a friendly, loyal teammate.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Girls Who Code
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles
Dougherty Valley High School