Hong Z
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHong Z is a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead based in Bellevue, Washington, with 13 years of experience building cloud-native and backend systems at scale. Now leading teams at Microsoft across Azure and APS, he blends hands-on C++ systems work with cloud service delivery and release engineering. His open-source contributions include fixes and build improvements to Microsoft’s widely used C++ REST SDK, reflecting deep familiarity with cross-platform build systems and native async APIs. Prior roles at Starbucks and as a founder/CTO show a balance of product-minded leadership and microservices delivery experience. He holds BS and Master's degrees from the University of Manitoba and is known for quietly solving tricky Linux build breaks that unblock larger teams.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Science (BS) at University of Manitoba
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (10)
cpp-library10
http10
asynchronous-tasks10
c-language10
cpp10
sdk10
cprogramming-language10
async10
build-system9
linux8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
microsoft/cpprestsdk
Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
The C++ REST SDK is a Microsoft project for cloud-based client-server communication in native code using a modern asynchronous C++ API design. This project aims to help C++ developers connect to and interact with services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Hong primarily contributes to the C++ REST SDK, specifically making changes related to build configuration, merging code from other branches, and fixing build breaks. Their commits include modifications to various headers and source files, indicating work on core stream functionalities, and system-level aspects of the SDK. The user has fixed several build issues on Linux.
client-serverserver-client-communicationasyncmicrosoftcpp-library
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