Junbo Liang
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJunbo Liang is a Senior Software Development Engineer with five years at Amazon, currently building the AWS Research and Engineering Studio after progressing through roles focused on game engine AWS integrations and simulation data planes. He blends backend engineering and DevOps expertise, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like the Open 3D Engine by improving AWS credential handling, end-to-end automation tests, and CDK deployment workflows. His work spans cloud infrastructure, asset processing for game engines, and scalable data planes for simulation services, demonstrating strong systems thinking and automation-first approaches. Academically trained at Georgia Tech (M.S. ECE, 3.75 GPA) with earlier automation roots from Harbin Institute of Technology, he also has research experience culminating in an accepted journal paper. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who turns research insights into production-ready tooling and CI/CD improvements. He is based in Seattle and brings a rare combination of game-engine domain knowledge, cloud-native deployment skills, and research-led curiosity.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Electrical and Computer engineering, 3.75, Master’s Degree, Electrical and Computer engineering, 3.75 at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Automation, 89.5, Bachelor's degree, Automation, 89.5 at Harbin Institute of Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (18)
aws-cdk10
cicd10
automation10
aws10
automations10
python9
game-engine7
buildr7
devops7
testing7
graphics-engine7
build-engine7
backend7
game-development7
3d-engine7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
o3de/o3de
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:373 reviews, 121 commits, 169 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Junbo primarily focused on improving the AWS cloud integration of the O3DE game engine, with contributions spanning back-end and DevOps areas. Their work includes implementing features like adding AWS credential handling and creating end-to-end automation tests for the metrics gem. Furthermore, they are involved in AWS CDK application deployments by setting up a new Jenkins job and improving the build scripts for deploying and destroying the AWS resources.
3d3d-engine3d-graphics-engine3d-graphicsanimation
aws/res
Dec 2023 - May 2026
Research and Engineering Studio (RES) is an AWS supported open source product that enables IT administrators to provide an easy-to-use web portal for scientists and engineers to run technical computing workloads on AWS.
Contributions:6 releases, 5 reviews, 12 PRs in 2 years 5 months
aws
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