Shimi Zhang
Software Engineer at Meta
Fremont, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShimi Zhang is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in Chromium and Android platform engineering. Currently at Meta, he previously spent five years on Android WebView and Chrome for Android at Google, bringing deep knowledge of browser internals and mobile rendering. His background spans start-ups and academia—from HackerRank to Northwestern University—giving him a mix of product-focused development and research-driven problem solving. Trained initially in mechanical engineering and later earning a CS master's, he combines systems thinking with practical software design. Based in Fremont, CA, Shimi is comfortable navigating large codebases and shipping performance-sensitive features at scale. Notably, his trajectory reflects a shift from mechanical to software engineering, highlighting adaptability and strong cross-disciplinary curiosity.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering at Chongqing UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Northwestern University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (16)
kotlin10
synchronized10
androidx10
jetpack-compose10
android10
jetpack10
development-environment10
cpp4
operating-system3
kernel3
risc-v2
linux2
rust2
fuchsia1
editing1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ctzsm/Tsunemori-Akane
Apr 2013 - Apr 2016
Contributions:149 commits, 306 pushes in 3 years
topcodercppcodeforces
ctzsm/USACO-Contest
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year
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