Foster Zhang
Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFoster Zhang is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable web services and mobile SDKs, currently focused on architecting high-performance backend APIs at AWS. He combines deep expertise in Java and Perl with hands-on Android development, having designed core services like Amazon Cognito and automated code generation for API Gateway. Foster excels at optimizing systems for performance, reliability, resilience, and cost, and has a strong track record of automating testing and deployment to accelerate delivery. His academic background in applied mathematics and computational sciences underpins a rigorous approach to problem solving and system design. Based in Seattle, he frequently supports developer communities through forums and open platforms, blending product-focused engineering with developer advocacy.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics at Beihang UniversityPh.D., Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Ph.D., Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences at University of Iowa
Chinese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (20)
aws-sdk-ios10
android-sdk10
amazon-web-services10
java10
aws-sdk10
sdk10
aws10
aws-sdk-android10
android10
aws-mobile10
swift10
ios9
objective-c9
amplify9
aws-amplify8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
amazon-archives/amazon-cognito-android
Jan 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 16 tags in 1 year 1 month
syncweb-siteamazonandroidaws-sdk
aws-amplify/aws-sdk-android
Jan 2015 - Feb 2019
AWS SDK for Android. For more information, see our web site:
Contributions:10 PRs, 131 pushes, 93 tags in 4 years 1 month
aws-sdk-androidweb-siteandroidaws-sdksdk
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