Coco Zhang
Software Engineer at Roblox
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCoco Zhang is a gameplay-focused software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience and a dual CS Games (B.S.) and CS (M.S.) background from USC. They blend systems-level C++/Unreal expertise with creative game design, having led engineering teams on a streaming-world project and shipped core gameplay systems like progression, tutorials, level streaming, and dynamic UI. As Creative Director they guided a 30+ student team to an IGF-honored sandbox title, and as a learning assistant and course producer they’ve mentored students and built onboarding and tooling workflows. Coco has production experience at Genies and Niantic and now works at Roblox, showing a trajectory from academic prototypes to live-platform engineering. Known for a playful, “wacky and chaotic” design sensibility, they aim to build games that foster empathy and human connection. A practical systems thinker, Coco often bridges designer and programmer needs by creating robust tools and documentation that scale team productivity.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Near and Middle Eastern Studies at University of Southern California
Github Skills (54)
python10
pandas10
data-science9
genes9
pytorch9
manipulation9
machine-learning9
speech-to-text9
dataframes9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
raspberry9
data-analysis9
frame9
data-structures9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cooperlab/TCGAIntegrator
Jun 2016 - Sep 2021
Python utilities for building integrated views of TCGA data.
Contributions:3 PRs in 5 years 4 months
python-utilitiespythonintegratedtcgatcga-data
coco90417/ExData_Plotting1
Feb 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:20 pushes in 2 years 4 months
data-analysispythonexploratoryplottingexploratory-data-analysis
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