Summary
Jiarui Zhou is a project-focused software developer and Penn State Computer Science student with eight years of hands-on experience across full-stack development, data analysis, and leadership in student organizations. He has delivered measurable impact at Lenovo by migrating legacy LAMP systems to Vue.js/Node.js architectures, consolidating databases, and building secure backend pipelines that improved performance and response times. At PennPlate he continues to apply practical engineering to product development while pursuing deeper study in AI and machine learning. Jiarui blends algorithmic curiosity with production-oriented engineering, mentoring peers in data structures and organizing coding competitions as a former Codelympian co-president. Based in Irvine, CA, he pairs academic foundations with real-world delivery, often surfacing efficiency gains that aren’t obvious from code alone.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at Penn State University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at International School of Beijing