Huaiyi Zhu is a Principal Software Engineer with over 17 years of experience building cloud platform services, currently shaping Azure CDN and related infrastructure at Microsoft from Shanghai. He progressed through 14+ years on Azure CDN as a senior engineer and now focuses on architecture and delivery at the principal level, blending deep systems knowledge with pragmatic product thinking. Trained with a master's in Software and Theory from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a bachelor's from Zhejiang University, he bridges rigorous academic foundations with large-scale production experience. Colleagues rely on him for solving distributed systems and performance challenges that underpin global content delivery. Notably, his long tenure on a single cloud service highlights rare institutional memory and expertise in evolving a critical, high-scale platform over many product cycles.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, 计算机科学与技术, Bachelor's degree, 计算机科学与技术 at Zhejiang University
Master's degree, 计算机软件与理论, Master's degree, 计算机软件与理论 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Huaiyi Zhu - Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft