Jesse Zong
Co-Director at Penn Labs
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Zong is an aspiring software engineer and incoming IMC Trading intern with a strong foundation in algorithms, database systems, cybersecurity, and LLM research. Currently pursuing a BSE and MSE in Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania, he balances academic work with practical leadership as Co-Director and former Backend Engineering Lead at Penn Labs, where he shipped backend services for Penn Mobile. His internships span AWS Sagemaker ML tooling, production-scale relational DB syncing at Simplify, and a high-performing cohort placement in IMC’s Launchpad program, demonstrating both applied ML and systems skills. As a CIS 1210 teaching assistant and undergraduate researcher on agentic LLM frameworks and cybersecurity, he blends pedagogy with cutting-edge research. Based in Philadelphia, Jesse brings a rare mix of competitive quantitative instincts (ranked 2nd/30 in a market-making simulation) and hands-on backend engineering experience.
17 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Centennial High SchoolMaster of Science in Engineering - MSE Computer Science, Master of Science in Engineering - MSE Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (84)
snakemake10
package-management10
immunology10
quest10
bioconda10
r-package10
conda10
sequencing10
metagenomics10
reproducible-research10
bioinformatics10
illumina10
linux9
csv9
profiling9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ShawHahnLab/vquest
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
Automate IMGT V-QUEST usage on imgt.org
Contributions:8 releases, 129 commits, 45 PRs in 1 year 10 months
bioinformaticsimgtimmunologyquest
ressy/flexnet
Jul 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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