Philip Z
Software Engineer IV at Databricks
Chengdu City, Sichuan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Z is a software engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance, large-scale data infrastructure at the intersection of systems and AI. He contributes to Delta Lake and Spark internals, has worked on data storage layers such as Apache Iceberg, and now applies that expertise at Databricks. His background spans production services—from scaling a delivery platform to 30k DAU to full‑stack contributions on a Chinese retail SCM suite—demonstrating both systems-level rigor and product-minded implementation. Academically grounded with CS degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley (EECS, 4.0), he also researched LLM memory/perf cost models, informing his work in LLM infrastructure like SGLang. Known for pragmatic, efficient designs, he focuses on routing and serving optimizations that reduce operational cost at scale. Based in Chengdu, he blends strong academic pedigree with hands-on open-source impact across data and AI tooling.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Chinese, Chinese, English
Github Skills (8)
dashboard10
antd10
ant10
react10
java9
spring9
javas9
ecommerce8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
teaql/teaql-agent-kit
Dec 2018 - Dec 2022
A model-mediated harness for reliable agentic software development.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 273 commits, 4 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Philip's contributions primarily involve modifying and adding components across the front-end and back-end of the system. The changes include UI modifications, dashboard adjustments, and the addition of date-related functionalities. The commits suggest they are involved in various modules, indicated by file paths related to different functionalities such as consumer orders, retail stores and accounting documents. This indicates a focus on both the user interface and underlying system logic within the retail SCM suite.
agenticai-codingteaqlagentic-codingcode-generation
philipgreat/base-cpp-project
Sep 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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