Dan Zhang
Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Zhang is a Software Development Manager at AWS with a decade of experience designing and shipping backend and distributed systems across CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Amplify/AppSync. He combines hands-on engineering roots—from Kindle front-end and IoT/DRS full-stack work to CloudWatch metrics indexing—with leadership that drives developer-facing cloud services. An AWS-focused data architect by inclination, he blends production-scale telemetry, observability, and API-driven platform design to improve reliability and developer experience. Educated at Cornell (MEng) with early research in high-performance scientific imaging and social semantic analysis, he brings both rigorous academic methods and practical, parallelized engineering to complex problems. Notably, his career path reflects fast-moving impact within AWS product teams, moving from individual contributor to SDM while retaining a strong technical orientation.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Network and Telecommunications, Bachelor of Science - BS, Network and Telecommunications at Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsMaster of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University
Github Skills (63)
browser10
react10
static-site-generator9
javascript9
nextjs9
vue-pdf9
typescript9
hybrid9
compiler9
smart-table8
vercel8
chat8
filter8
storybook7
draft-js7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws-samples/getting-started-with-amazon-redshift-data-api
Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 38 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year 5 months
itsDZhang/HackPrinceton-SchedulerPro
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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