David Zhou
Senior Software Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Zhou is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building production-grade systems, currently helping Ginkgo Bioworks scale their platform for engineering biology. He brings a strong background from Amazon Robotics where he spent four years solving complex automation and robotics software problems for large-scale operations. Based in Montreal, he combines practical industry experience with curiosity about interdisciplinary domains—bridging software engineering with biotech workflows. David has a track record of moving between startups and large organizations, contributing to both fast-paced innovation and reliable, maintainable systems. He maintains a personal site at davidzhou.ca, reflecting an interest in communicating technical work beyond code. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who thrives on turning ambiguous problems into operational solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at McGill University
Github Skills (12)
prefix-tree7
genome7
gff7
bioinformatics6
css6
genomes6
genome-annotation6
genomics4
bots4
github-pages4
python3
pipeline3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
davidzhou94/wood-puzzle
May 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
davidzhou94/personal-website
Jul 2015 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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