Jerry Z Cai
USA, United States
Summary
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SeniorJerry Cai is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, currently leading backend and infrastructure for Zynga’s first blockchain game, Sugartown. He pairs hands-on implementation with system-level design, having driven high-impact features like Salesforce’s DB Snapshot for faster tenant cloning and led backend development for top-grossing mobile titles. His background spans public safety platforms, massive e-commerce APIs, and early-stage SaaS product architecture where he repeatedly moved products from prototype to production. Jerry is comfortable across devops, AWS, container ecosystems, and centralized logging, and has a track record of supervising teams and shaping roadmaps as a chief architect. Based in Schaumburg, IL, he blends pragmatic iterative delivery with deep technical ownership and a knack for turning complex distributed challenges into operational systems. An understated strength is his ability to lead both product-facing feature development and the invisible infrastructure work that makes large-scale services reliable.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (73)
python10
deep-learning10
gpu10
gpu-acceleration10
numpy10
neural-network10
tensor10
autograd10
machine-learning10
flutter-cupertino10
leveldb9
julia9
datepicker9
datasets9
windows9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jerryztsai/LevelDB.jl
Sep 2014 - Feb 2022
Julia interface to Google's LevelDB key value database
Contributions:4 releases, 16 commits, 7 PRs in 7 years 6 months
juliakey-value-databaseleveldb
jerryzhenleicai/openfortravel
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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