Summary
Stanley Zhao is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon working on AWS Amazon MQ, with a decade of engineering experience grounded in a UBC Computer Engineering degree. He has delivered production-grade automation and backend features using Java, TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Step Functions and infrastructure-as-code, and has a track record of reducing operational effort through automation. His background spans cloud services, telecom modem firmware in C, and embedded systems for UAVs, giving him uncommon cross-domain fluency from low-level RF stacks to cloud-native services. Comfortable authoring design docs and presenting to senior engineers, he combines rigorous testing practices with pragmatic system design. Outside work he stays active with volleyball, badminton and hiking, reflecting a team-oriented and curious mindset.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at New Westminster Secondary School
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Engineering at The University of British Columbia
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at International Baccalaureate
English, French