Summary
Hao Zhao is a Seattle-based Software Engineer II with 10 years of experience building distributed systems, high-throughput virtual file systems, and full-stack cloud applications at AWS. He blends strong theoretical foundations in algorithms, operating systems, and computational mathematics with hands-on experience delivering cloud rendering, asset management, and identity-integrated onboarding solutions for studios and simulation tooling. His background includes parallel HPC research and published work on stochastic optimization, and he has prototyped integrations across EC2, Studio, and third-party identity providers to improve production workflows. Comfortable across C++, C#, Java, and React, Hao also contributes to open-source 3D tooling and has practical experience reducing latency in camera calibration and storage-heavy workloads. Colleagues value him for pragmatic problem solving that bridges academic rigor with production-grade engineering.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computational Mathematics, 3.86/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computational Mathematics, 3.86/4.0 at Beihang University
Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences, General, 3.8/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences, General, 3.8/4.0 at University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics at Dalian University of Technology
Chinese, English