Ze Zhang
Engineering Manager at Apple
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolZe Zhang is an engineering manager with nine years of experience leading cloud storage tooling and developer experiences, currently at Apple in the Greater Seattle Area. Previously at Microsoft he drove AzCopy from preview to GA, led Storage Go SDKs and integrations (BlobFuseV2, migration services), and maintained the Azure Storage Python SDK—work that shows both deep systems-level backend skills and strong open-source stewardship. He combines hands-on engineering (implementing features like download piping, SMB permissions, and configurable timeouts) with team leadership and a focus on reliability and test automation. Known for shipping production-grade data migration tools and improving developer workflows, he brings an eye for design and practical UX in developer tooling. Outside work he documents projects at ze-q.github.io, reflecting an interest in clear technical communication and craft.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering at McGill University
English, French, Chinese
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Github Skills (16)
data-transfer10
unit-testing10
go10
azure-storage10
python10
test-automation10
networking9
cli9
command-line9
filesystem9
rest-api9
command-line-interface9
xcode6
azure-blob-storage6
ios6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/azure-storage-python
Jun 2017 - Aug 2019
Microsoft Azure Storage Library for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:48 releases, 239 commits, 223 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Ze made significant contributions to the `azure/azure-storage-python` repository by implementing new features, fixing bugs, and refactoring existing components of the storage library. The work involved making socket timeout configurable, adding tests for 8TB page blobs, and fixing multiple issues including those related to accessing container information. The user also fixed flaky tests, which improved the reliability of the testing infrastructure.
pythonmicrosoft-azure-storagemicrosoft-azurestoragemicrosoft
Azure/azure-storage-azcopy
Dec 2017 - Oct 2022
The new Azure Storage data transfer utility - AzCopy v10
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 releases, 218 reviews, 610 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Ze contributed significantly to the AzCopy project by adding new features and modifying existing code. Their work involved implementing support for download piping and adding new parameters for the copy command, indicating involvement in the core functionalities of the tool. Additionally, the user refactored the sync command and incorporated SMB permissions functionalities, signifying their focus on enhancing data transfer capabilities between different storage services.
v10blob-storagedata-storageazure-blob-storageopenstack-swift
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