Summary
Simon Zou is a Quantitative Developer with 12 years of software engineering experience, blending strong systems and backend expertise from roles at Google and Millennium with hands-on Android and embedded work earlier in his career. He has built data pipelines, caching infrastructure, and real-time rate-limiting and notification systems at scale, and previously developed full-stack features and SEO/performance optimizations for Google Store. His background includes ML-driven merchant identification and cross-source aggregation libraries, reflecting a mix of data-informed product engineering and production-grade systems design. Comfortable in C/C++ and Java, he also has Android app and WebView internals experience from BlackBerry and experience automating hardware test suites with LabVIEW. A Northeastern M.S. in Computer Engineering (3.89 GPA) complements a pragmatic approach to reliability and performance. Outside work he channels curiosity into photography and endurance hobbies, hinting at a detail-oriented, persistent problem-solving style.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, electrical information, 3.3 / 4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, electrical information, 3.3 / 4.0 at Shanghai University
Master’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.89 / 4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.89 / 4.0 at Northeastern University
Chinese, English