Shunkai Zhang
Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShunkai Zhang is a software engineer based in Los Angeles with nine years of experience and a 5+ year track record building high-scale systems, currently working at AWS after a multi-year engineering stint at Amazon. He combines backend performance optimization and frontend delivery—evidenced by a Hotwire project that improved API performance and shipped high-coverage UI tests—with hands-on experience producing coursework and academic research at USC. Comfortable across cloud services, web stacks, and data-driven features, Shunkai has moved between startup and enterprise environments and thrives on turning proofs-of-concept into user-facing products. Colleagues would describe him as pragmatic and forward-looking—his GitHub motto “Onward and upward” captures a consistent focus on continuous improvement and operational impact.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Southern California
English, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
player5
javascript4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PMoonTest/USCFit
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:46 commits, 9 pushes, 1 issue in 1 month
shunkaiz/NBA-ShotChart
Apr 2018 - Jan 2019
An online tool for analyzing NBA player shots
Contributions:66 commits, 2 PRs, 64 pushes in 9 months
analyzingshotsjavascriptnbaonline-tool
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