Penghe Zhang
Software Engineer at Google
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPenghe Zhang is a software engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in cloud-native systems, Kubernetes, containers, and microservices, currently contributing to Google Kubernetes Engine on-premises. He has a strong background in Go and Java, having built container security, image scanning, OAuth identity integrations, and near real-time data sync systems during multiple roles at VMware. His academic work spans MS-level electrical engineering at Columbia and applied AI research at Tsinghua, where he built a DQN-based poker agent that outperformed average human players. Based in Sunnyvale, he blends research-driven problem solving with production-grade engineering for large-scale cloud platforms. Occasionally self-described as "Sometimes Naive," he brings a curious, hands-on approach to complex distributed systems and security-focused tooling.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Telecommunication Engineering, 87/100, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Telecommunication Engineering, 87/100 at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsOther; CORe Credential of Readiness, Pass, Other; CORe Credential of Readiness, Pass at Harvard Business School OnlineMaster of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, 3.7/4.0, Master of Science - MS, Electrical Engineering, 3.7/4.0 at Columbia University in the City of New York
Github Skills (51)
mesos10
kubernetes10
docker10
kubernetes-monitoring10
api-client10
scheduling10
go10
api10
sdk10
restful-api9
spark-structured-streaming9
spec9
generator9
api-server9
rest9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
penghez/Columbia-Online-Forum
Mar 2019 - May 2020
A single-page application with serverless back-end
Contributions:36 commits, 2 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 2 months
cloudcomscloud-computingcomputing
zw2497/Twitter_Stream_Processing
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Stream Processing, Python Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, HDFS, BigQuery
Contributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 month
pythonstreamspark-kafkahdfskafka-python
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