Summary
Peng Zhao is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience designing and operating large-scale database backup and restore systems for Azure SQL, currently leading long-term retention and immutability for General Purpose, Business Critical and HyperScale/VLDB workloads at Microsoft. He combines strong Java and Python skills with academic training from the University of Waterloo and hands-on ML and algorithm experience from research and industry projects, enabling him to both prototype research ideas and ship production-grade solutions. Peng has deep domain expertise in PITR, geo-restore, backup cleanup and watchdog services, and has driven the development of Very Large Database LTR features. Comfortable bridging research and engineering, he also brings security and data-analysis experience from earlier roles at BlackBerry and SAP, and a pragmatic, systems-focused approach to solving reliability and scalability challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Queensland
Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering, Software Engineering Computer Software Engineering at Nanjing University
Master of Mathmatics Computer Software Engineering, Master of Mathmatics Computer Software Engineering at University of Waterloo
Chinese, English