Summary
Yipeng Zhao is a Software Developer in Test with a decade of experience building and optimizing large-scale distributed systems, currently contributing to FINRA’s platform since 2019. He brings a multidisciplinary background—MS in Materials Science and a BS in Physics—to pragmatic software engineering, blending analytical rigor with a strong testing and automation focus. Proficient across TypeScript, Ruby, Scala and familiar with React, GraphQL and Flink, he bridges front-end, back-end and streaming contexts to improve reliability and observability. Known for pragmatic tooling and test infrastructure work, he focuses on making complex distributed behavior reproducible and debuggable. Based in the United States, he pairs research-caliber problem solving with production-grade delivery, often surfacing non-obvious edge cases through deep systems thinking.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at Nanjing University
Master of Science - MS, Materials Science, Master of Science - MS, Materials Science at University of Pennsylvania