Ming Zhou
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMing Zhou is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 14+ years of experience specializing in programming language and toolchain implementation, compiler front-ends, and type systems. He designed and independently implemented Julian, a multi-threaded, multi-paradigm scripting language, demonstrating rare end-to-end expertise from scanner/parser to code generation and runtime integration. A Java and JavaScript veteran, Ming has led projects across Azure Compute and Azure DevOps, built web application frameworks, and delivered cross-platform GUI clients including an on-demand video streaming client across five heterogeneous platforms. His background in attribute-grammar meta-programming (Silver) and IDE generator/runtime work highlights a strong blend of research-grade language design and practical production engineering. Based in Greater Seattle, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with leadership in large-scale cloud infrastructure.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Computer Science, Masters Computer Science at University of Minnesota
English, Japanese, German, i do not speak chinese or its variants
Github Skills (24)
tla10
abstract-syntax-tree10
peg10
languagetool10
grammars10
language-extensions10
dsl9
polymorphism9
tlaplus9
parser-generator9
metaprogramming9
grammar9
compiler8
script-engine8
interpreter8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
zhoux738/JSE
Apr 2018 - Jun 2021
Julian Script Engine
Contributions:17 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
julianscript-engine
melt-umn/silver
Jan 2012 - Feb 2014
An attribute grammar-based programming language for composable language extensions
Contributions:110 commits in 2 years 1 month
tlacompilerextensionsprogramming-languagesilver-language
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