Summary
Yuntao Zhang is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of experience building scalable internet services, currently contributing to identity management and developer productivity at Akamai Technologies. He has a strong backend and cloud pedigree from prior roles at HERE Technologies, where he delivered location-tracking, geo-fencing, and near-real-time analytics pipelines using Redshift, Kinesis, and Tableau. Comfortable across build systems and deployment troubleshooting in AWS, he combines applied-math rigor (BSc) with advanced CS training (MS) to solve production reliability and data pipeline challenges. Known for bridging platform-level developer tooling with customer-facing services, he focuses on making complex systems easier to operate and ship. Based in the United States, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to engineering problems and a track record of improving developer productivity at scale.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics at Northwestern Polytechnical University
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Northeastern University
Harvard Extension School
English, Chinese