Qi Zhang
Principal Software Engineer Lead at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolQi Zhang is a Principal Software Engineer Lead at Microsoft in Redmond with nine years of post-PhD industry experience focused on performance engineering across Windows servers, Azure Edge, and container scenarios. At Microsoft he has progressed from hands-on Windows power and performance work to leading analysis and coverage of key customer end-to-end scenarios that drive platform efficiency and reliability. His background blends deep academic training (PhD in Computer Science from William & Mary) with long-term production experience optimizing server and power-efficiency characteristics. Qi is known for translating low-level performance signals into actionable improvements for cloud and edge deployments, a skill that helps bridge Windows internals and modern distributed environments.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei 42nd Middle SchoolBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at William & Mary
Chinese, English
Github Skills (14)
windows-server10
vms9
windows-service9
cdr9
windows8
content-repository8
documentation7
linux7
azure6
iaas6
cpu5
dotnet5
performance-analysis4
dotnet-core4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Public content repository for Windows Server content.
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
windows-server-2016windows-serverwindowswindows-servicecontent-repository
microsoft/azurelinux
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Contributions:1 review in 1 day
cdrappliancesvmslinux-oslinux
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