Summary
Hongbo Zhou is a software development engineer with nine years of engineering experience and a current role at Amazon Web Services, combining production-grade software delivery with graduate-level data science training from the University of Toronto. As an MScAC student specializing in Data Science, he blends machine learning and statistical rigor with practical engineering, evidenced by research and internship roles at Pearson and multiple research labs. He has a strong teaching and mentorship background—TA and peer mentor across computer science, math, and statistics courses—reflecting an ability to explain complex concepts and collaborate across teams. Academically he earned an Honours BSc in Computer Science and Statistics with a 3.91 GPA, signaling deep quantitative foundations that inform his applied ML work. Known for a "practice makes perfect" mindset, he moves between research, education, and production systems to turn models into reliable, deployable solutions. Based in Canada, he seeks opportunities that leverage both his ML/data science skills and cloud-scale engineering experience.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Applied Computing, Master of Science - MS, Applied Computing at University of Toronto
High School Diploma, Science, High School Diploma, Science at Tsinghua University High School
English, Chinese, French