Qingqing Zheng
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQingqing Zheng is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with a decade of experience building backend and cloud-native systems at Microsoft, following earlier SRE work at Oracle. She brings deep hands-on expertise in Java, Node.js, REST, databases (MySQL, MongoDB), and distributed tooling such as Kubernetes and Azure CLI extensions, having contributed fixes and feature work to high-profile Azure projects like acs-engine and azure-cli. Known for clean refactors and pragmatic bug fixes, she has driven AKS-preview features, role-assignment tooling, and resilience improvements that bridge developer UX and production reliability. Her background in networking and telecommunications (USC MS) and electrical engineering gives her a systems-first perspective on scalability and operational robustness. Colleagues rely on her to translate complex cloud scenarios into maintainable code and repeatable DevOps practices.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
master of science Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, master of science Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor's degree Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University
English, French, Chinese
Github Skills (24)
kubernetes10
python10
apidoc10
cloud-infrastructure10
microsoft-azure10
azure-cli10
azure-aks10
azure-kubernetes-service10
go10
api10
kubernetes-pods10
azure10
cloud-services10
devops9
error-handling9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-cli-extensions
Nov 2018 - Apr 2022
Public Repository for Extensions of Azure CLI.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Cloud Engineer
Back-end & Cloud EngineerContributions:54 reviews, 19 commits, 26 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Qingqing primarily worked on extending the Azure CLI extensions for AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) preview features. Their contributions included implementing new functionalities, adding parameters, and modifying existing code related to AKS-preview features like VMSS, network policy, node pool configurations, and cluster snapshots. Furthermore, the user addressed code quality issues, and updated versions.
azure-cli-extensionpublic-repositoryextensionsazureazure-cli
Azure/azure-cli
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
Azure Command-Line Interface
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 8 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Qingqing primarily contributed to the Azure CLI's ACS (Azure Kubernetes Service) module. Their work involved implementing new features like the `--skip-role-assignment` flag and the `Reset servicePrincipal` feature. They also addressed bugs related to role assignments and cluster credentials. Additionally, the user demonstrated DevOps skills through code style checks, dependency version management, and test suite improvements.
command-line-interfacecloudazurecommand-lineazure-cli
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