Ting Zhou is an SDE II with nine years of experience building production-grade software and ML infrastructure, currently working on SageMaker profiling and AI cluster management at Amazon. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and has a background in autonomous driving research where he designed a real-time safety dashboard and end-to-end data pipelines used by 20+ researchers. A polyglot engineer fluent in JavaScript, Python, and Java, Ting builds cross-platform apps (React Native, Electron) and contributes to prominent open-source Emacs projects like doomemacs and Spacemacs, improving JS/TS LSP integrations and editor theming. He combines systems and ML expertise from roles at Argo AI, Huawei, and Black Sesame with hands-on DevOps tooling (Docker, AWS/GCP, CI) and a knack for translating research needs into usable products. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, he also brings leadership experience from student government and international event representation.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.85/4.00, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.85/4.00 at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate School
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.29/4.00, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.29/4.00 at Southeast University
Contributions:18 commits, 11 PRs, 15 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ting primarily contributed to the development of a theme for GNU Emacs. Their work involved creating and modifying a light theme inspired by Atom One Light. They implemented various color schemes and customized the appearance of the editor, including features like mode-line, comments, and highlighting for different programming elements, along with integrating faces for Magit, Helm, web-mode, wgrep and other Emacs packages. The changes demonstrate an understanding of Emacs theming and customization.
An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:13 commits, 10 PRs, 19 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Ting primarily contributed to the Doom Emacs framework by adding, modifying, and organizing modules and configurations. They integrated the ranger file manager, which involved setting up its bindings and adjusting dired configurations. They also added and updated Python path configurations related to Miniconda environments, along with smaller improvements to the interface.
vimemacs-configurationmartianemacsemacs-lsp
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