Derek Zhang
Principal Software Engineer at Range
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Zhang is a Principal Software Engineer based in Seattle with 10 years of experience building reliable, automated systems across e-commerce, safety, and fulfillment domains. He progressed from intern to principal through roles at Amazon and Twitch, where he designed asynchronous workflows, automated integration tests, and safety-focused services that launched across North America, Europe and Japan. At Range he advanced from Senior to Principal, continuing to lead engineering and operational improvements. Derek pairs a BCFM from University of Waterloo with an M.S. in Computer Science (UMD '22), reflecting both business and technical fluency. He’s known for mentoring teammates and for pragmatic automation that reduces operational toil—an often-understated driver of his teams’ scalability. Outside core projects he brings a history of tooling and build automation work that accelerates delivery across organizations.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computing and Financial Management (BCFM) Computer Science and Finance, Bachelor of Computing and Financial Management (BCFM) Computer Science and Finance at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
firefox-webextension8
swing6
ggplot6
chrome-extension6
firefox-addon6
joptionpane6
java6
twitter6
permutation6
binning6
r6
webextension5
verification5
browser-extension5
javascript4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
chromestone/SwiTap
Nov 2016 - Dec 2023
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 1 month
chromestone/Pin-The-Cougar
Mar 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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