Summary
Jerry X is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon and an MSCS student at Northeastern University with a decade of technical experience bridging electrical engineering, patent work, and hands-on software development. He transitioned from a patent engineer role focused on software and electronics into full-time software engineering, bringing a strong systems-thinking approach and attention to IP and design detail. At Amazon he progressed from an intern to an SDE, shipping production services and learning to operate at scale in the Greater Seattle tech ecosystem. His background in electrical engineering and patent prosecution gives him a unique perspective on product constraints, reverse engineering, and technical documentation. Comfortable across firmware-adjacent domains and cloud-native services, he balances rigorous technical analysis with pragmatic delivery. Outside work he keeps a playful engineering mindset—his GitHub bio simply says "try it," reflecting a hands-on, experiment-first approach.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of Washington
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Northeastern University
English, Chinese