Jesse Zhao
Sr. Software Engineer at Epic Games
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Zhao is a senior software and data engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable streaming and communications systems, currently focused on Core Messaging at Epic Games. He has driven data platform and streaming initiatives, led engineering on Epic’s Data Platform, and previously shipped large-scale payment and travel features at Amazon and Uber. Comfortable across backend services, real-time data pipelines, and cloud-native architectures, he brings deep expertise in Java/Kotlin, AWS, Kafka, and Hadoop ecosystems. Jesse pairs hands-on execution with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, having led teams and hosted knowledge-sharing programs in past roles. Based in Seattle, he blends applied-math training with practical systems thinking and an interest in making complex distributed systems reliably operational.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Mathematics, Applied Mathematics at Georgia Institute of TechnologyChattahoochee High School
English, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
gamepad10
joystick10
raspberry-pi-pico10
controller10
arcade10
rp20409
music9
firmware9
react7
markdown7
embedded7
turnip1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
j-zhao/qmk_firmware
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:44 pushes in 7 years 6 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
vincelugli/Lynx
Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 1 day
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