Summary
Zengrui Wang is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 11 years of experience building backend, microservice, and cloud-native systems on AWS and Google Cloud, currently leading engineering at Hulu. He progressed through technical and leadership roles at Hulu—from core ad server contributor to principal engineer and now manager—driving the VOD ad pipeline and DTCI advertising platform. His background in 2D/3D game development and multimedia (USC MS, game-focused undergrad) informs a strong systems-level understanding of performance, graphics pipelines, and tooling. Early work at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies included compiling a large C++ character-simulation codebase to optimized JavaScript and building lightweight rendering and web services, an uncommon bridge between graphics research and production web services. Based in Costa Mesa, CA, Zengrui combines hands-on engineering depth with cross-functional leadership, shipping scalable ad infrastructure at scale while mentoring teams.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Science Multimedia and Creative Technologies, Master's Degree Computer Science Multimedia and Creative Technologies at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Software Engineering Digital Media Technologies Game Developement, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Software Engineering Digital Media Technologies Game Developement at Beijing Jiaotong University