Brian Zhang
Software Engineer at Stripe
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Zhang is a software engineer at Stripe with 14 years of experience building production systems, currently focused on the identity verification API. His background spans hardware signal processing and PCB design to front-end rewrites at scale and full-stack product work at startups, reflecting a rare blend of embedded systems rigor and user-facing product design. At ByteGain he combined engineering, design, and sales work—publishing ML research and owning dashboards, marketing sites, and technical demos—demonstrating both technical depth and go-to-market instincts. He helped modernize consumer-facing apps used by over a million monthly users at Zumper and built search and monetization APIs earlier in his career. Trained as an electrical engineer with specialization in autonomous control and signal processing, Brian has been building robots, games, and digital art since age 12, which informs his cross-disciplinary curiosity. Based in San Francisco, he pairs systems-minded engineering with product empathy to solve problems at the intersection of technology, education, and finance.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of EngineeringChinese, Electrical Engineering (study abroad), Chinese, Electrical Engineering (study abroad) at Nanjing University
Chinese, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
ui-components10
vimscript10
statusline10
drag10
linter10
sortable10
todoist10
imports10
styles10
css-variables10
validate10
scrollbar10
coc-nvim10
graph10
browserslist10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
bz-stripe/identity-verification-sample
Nov 2019 - Mar 2021
Stripe Identity Verification API demo app hosted on Codesandbox
Contributions:154 commits in 1 year 4 months
apistripedemo-apidemo-apphosted-app
atav32/Stasis-Bot
Apr 2012 - Jun 2014
Contributions:16 commits in 2 years 1 month
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