Hui Zhao
Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHui Zhao is a seasoned software development engineer and technical lead with 11+ years of experience delivering scalable, high-throughput enterprise applications across insurance, finance, education and government domains. Currently at AWS, he blends deep J2EE and SOA architecture expertise with full-stack SPA development using Angular/AngularJS and Spring MVC, and has hands-on experience optimizing low-latency, big-data platforms. A PMP and former technical project manager, he excels at aligning engineering work with business goals and has led cross-functional teams through CI-driven delivery and CMMI process improvements. Hui is also an active open-source contributor to AWS Amplify—implementing native iOS push handling and improving Flutter/JS integrations—bringing practical mobile and cloud-native experience to large-scale developer tooling. Known for strong middleware knowledge (Oracle Fusion, JBoss, WebSphere) and pragmatic technical writing, he combines architectural rigor with an ability to ship incrementally in complex, multi-developer environments.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science - E-Commerce, MS, Computer Science - E-Commerce at Towson UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at University of Maryland
Chinese
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
ios10
react-native10
flutter-apps10
authentication10
user-authentication10
apple-push-notifications10
push-notifications10
amplify10
data-storage10
aws-amplify10
swift10
flutter-game10
dart10
documentation10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/amplify-flutter
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
A declarative library with an easy-to-use interface for building Flutter applications on AWS.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 985 reviews, 343 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Hui primarily contributed to the authentication and data store functionalities of the Amplify Flutter library. They focused on implementing features, such as adding client metadata options for confirmSignUp, and addressing issues related to custom primary keys within the native implementation. They also upgraded amplify-android and implemented features such as adding start and stop APIs for datastore. These changes involved modifications in the iOS and Android native code bases.
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aws-amplify/amplify-js
Oct 2022 - Apr 2025
A declarative JavaScript library for application development using cloud services.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:12 releases, 872 reviews, 455 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Hui implemented the native iOS push notification module, including adding the native iOS module, handling authorization status as a string, requesting permissions, emitting launch notification events, and handling notification opens. They also addressed completion handler issues and set up various event handlers for background, foreground, and inactive states, ensuring correct notification delivery. The user's work focused on enhancing the React Native push notification functionality, enabling features like handling a launch notification opened event in the code.
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