Elaine Zhao
Software Engineer at Microsoft
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElaine Zhao is a software engineer with a data science master's from the University of San Francisco and three years of industry experience building reliable, production-ready systems. She blends ML and deep learning expertise with hands-on backend and DevOps work—at Microsoft she contributed to Azure Linux, patching security vulnerabilities and enhancing image customization and boot configuration. Prior roles span robotics at UBTECH and applied data science at Vianai and Orange Silicon Valley, giving her a solid mix of embedded systems, model-driven analytics, and distributed computing. Elaine is comfortable moving models from research into robust deployments and has a practical eye for security and system hardening that complements her statistical and experimental-design background.
3 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Engineering Management, Bachelor's degree, Engineering Management at Beijing Jiaotong UniversityMaster's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at University of San Francisco
Github Skills (9)
linux10
go10
grub9
patch9
kernel-module9
system-administration9
automations8
automation8
dockerfile8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
microsoft/azurelinux
Dec 2022 - Dec 2022
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:66 reviews, 9 commits, 69 PRs in 5 days
Contributions summary:Elaine's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the Azure Linux OS and related tooling. They addressed security vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2022-4144, by mitigating buffer overruns within the QXL display driver. Furthermore, the user added new features to the image customizer, including service enabling/disabling, module loading/unloading, and the addition of a release file, thereby impacting the build and customization process of the OS. Additional modifications include implementing the capability to update hostname and updating grub.
cdrappliancesvmslinux-oslinux
microsoft/azure-linux-image-tools
Dec 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:28 reviews, 25 PRs, 72 pushes in 3 months
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