Dong Zhao
Toronto Site Lead & Tech Lead Manager at Cresta
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolDong Zhao is a seasoned staff software engineer and tech leader with 13 years of experience building server-side systems across advertising, online education, e-commerce, and privacy domains. Currently Toronto Site Lead & Tech Lead Manager at Cresta, he combines hands-on backend expertise with people leadership forged at Meta and Amazon. He is a system generalist who reliably ships scalable services and navigates complex product domains from adtech to learning platforms. Trained at Tsinghua and Nanjing University, Dong brings an engineer’s rigor and cross-cultural experience—from Beijing to Toronto—that helps bridge global teams and technical strategy. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often pairs deep technical ownership with coaching to multiply team impact.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Nanjing UniversityMaster Computer Science, Master Computer Science at Tsinghua University
Github Skills (49)
redis7
lambda7
java7
java-client7
redis-client7
serverless-applications7
glossary7
transform7
serverless6
aws-sam6
vue6
redis-cluster6
aws6
redisearch6
sam6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zd987/ScoreAnalyse
Dec 2012 - Apr 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 4 years 5 months
zd987/CAS_Demo
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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