Summary
Oliver Zhang is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 12 years of hands-on experience building user-facing interfaces, REST APIs, and cloud-integrated backend systems for enterprise products. He pairs a strong academic foundation—a Combined Honours BSc in Computer Science and Statistics from UBC and a Professional Master's from UW—with practical expertise in Azure services (Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB), OData/Microsoft Graph APIs, and frontend accessibility. At Microsoft he led the end-to-end design of the Partner Center Security Center and modernized delegated admin workflows while balancing performance, cost, and compliance considerations. Beyond product work, he has a long record of teaching and curriculum development—mentoring interns, serving as a multi-course TA, and running outreach curricula for underprivileged students—demonstrating a knack for translating complex concepts into accessible learning. He also brings data-focused instincts from prior data science and analytics internships, with experience streaming and processing large partner-profile datasets to inform product decisions.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Allen's School Professional Master's Program, 3.95 GPA, Master's degree, Allen's School Professional Master's Program, 3.95 GPA at University of Washington
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Combined Honours in Computer Science and Statistics, 92.9% (Upper Year) GPA, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Combined Honours in Computer Science and Statistics, 92.9% (Upper Year) GPA at The University of British Columbia
High School Diploma, 97% GPA, High School Diploma, 97% GPA at Dr. Charles Best Secondary
English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese