Scott Zhou
Software Engineer at Google
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolScott Zhou is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance, cloud-native and telecom systems, currently contributing at Google from Stockholm. He brings deep C/C++ and Python expertise alongside strong Linux server-side skills, specializing in real-time media transport, SIP/RTP voice protocols, IPC, multithreading, and scalable distributed architectures. His background spans embedded telecom stacks to cloud banking and IoT analytics platforms, and he has led ML engineering efforts and competency building at H&M Group. An active open-source contributor, he improved fsspec’s asyncio timeout handling to make async filesystem behavior more robust across OSes. Known as a pragmatic team player and mentor, he pairs rigorous testing instincts with a quick learning curve and a drive to take ownership of complex, production-grade systems.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Guilin University of Electronic Technology
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (10)
pytest10
python10
asyncio10
testing10
thread9
multithreading9
hyper-threading9
threaded9
error-handling9
fsspec9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fsspec/filesystem_spec
May 2021 - May 2021
A specification that python filesystems should adhere to.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 8 commits, 2 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Scott focused on improving the asynchronous functionalities of the fsspec library. They addressed timeout handling, introduced a custom exception for timeout errors, and made the necessary adjustments to ensure consistent behavior across different operating systems. Their commits include changes related to asyncio, threading, and testing the library's behavior in asynchronous operations. The user also enhanced the library's reliability by incorporating better error handling and exception management for time-related issues.
specificationfilesystemspythonfilesystem
scott-zhou/jedy
Nov 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:45 commits, 57 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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