Jonathan Wang
Software Engineer at Netflix
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Wang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building video playback and cloud control-plane systems, currently contributing to Netflix's Web & TV Player Core Playback team in San Francisco. He previously spent multiple years at Amazon and AWS working on Prime Video players across devices, web playback, and the Elastic Beanstalk control plane, bringing deep familiarity with media pipelines and backend APIs. A first-generation college graduate from USC, he combines technical rigor with a personal mission to expand access to higher education. Jonathan's background spans embedded device work, browser-based players, and automated test platforms, showing a knack for bridging low-level device constraints with scalable cloud services. Colleagues would note his steady progress from internship projects that automated multi-device test benches to shipping production playback features at scale. He pairs pragmatic engineering with a focus on impact—especially around educational equity—while thriving in large, cross-functional product teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaSan Francisco University High School
English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (4)
dynamodb3
aws2
elastic2
elasticsearch2
Github contributions (5)
kunalkataria/ParkHere
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:144 commits, 111 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 month
jonathanzw-eb/SurfMap
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:24 PRs, 26 pushes, 29 branches in 1 year
ios-appsurfswiftiosspots
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