Hongda Zhao
Software Development Manager, Amazon Stores
Sammamish, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolHongda Zhao is a seasoned software development manager with 15+ years of engineering leadership experience, currently leading a 20+ engineer team building Amazon Stores — a full-stack, brand-centric storefront platform spanning React/Node microservices, serverless AWS, and big data pipelines. He has a track record of launching company-wide services and driving adoption, previously building Amazon’s largest internal mobile device test automation platform used across hundreds of teams. Comfortable hands-on from embedded Linux and hardware in his early startup CTO days to large-scale cloud architectures at Microsoft and Amazon, he blends deep technical breadth with people and operational leadership. Known for improving automation and performance (e.g., boosting test automation rates and search query SLAs), he focuses on shipping high-quality customer-facing products under tight timelines. Based in Sammamish, WA, he pairs elite technical pedigree from Tsinghua with a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to grow teams and systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Physical Sciences, Bachelor's degree, Physical Sciences at Tsinghua UniversityHigh School attached to Tsinghua University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (25)
test-automation8
android8
windows8
ios8
appium8
webdriver8
selenium7
automation7
automation-framework7
w3c7
macos7
aws-devicefarm6
google-account6
amazon-s36
m2crypto6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
zhaohongda/ShootOFF
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
A virtual shooting range to enhance laser dry fire training.
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes in 1 month
lasershootingtrainingenhancerange
awslabs/aws-device-farm-jenkins-plugin
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Jenkins plugin for AWS Device Farm.
Contributions:2 comments in 1 month
jenkinsjenkins-plugindevice-farmfarmaws
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