Zhehai Zhang
Software Engineer at Meta
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhehai Zhang is a software engineer and University of Waterloo CS student with nine years of hands-on experience building web, ML, RTOS, and backend systems using TypeScript, Python, C++, and Kotlin. He has shipped production features at Meta and LinkedIn—modernizing legacy infra, deploying a Retrieval-Augmented Generation service that sharply improved search accuracy, and replacing 90% of legacy charts for LinkedIn Recruiter—while also contributing to mobile Web3 wallets and IoT edge products. His research work applies Q‑Learning, DQN, and a JAX-based variational autoencoder to simulator-generated datasets, bridging practical product engineering with ML experimentation. Beyond coding, he’s led technical education initiatives and hackathon infrastructure, and has a track record of simplifying developer workflows (e.g., reusable chart components and Java→Python migrations) to accelerate teams at scale.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma Computer Science, Ontario Secondary School Diploma Computer Science at Vincent Massey SecondaryBachelor's degree Computer Science Co-op, Bachelor's degree Computer Science Co-op at University of Waterloo
Chinese, French, English
Github Skills (46)
discord9
reader9
phishing8
react8
firebase8
discord-bot8
passwords8
connected8
nodejs8
webapp7
authentication7
database5
modifiers5
discord-js4
vote4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
fairnightzz/Tinderwal
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Vote for your favourite school pictures Tinder style.
Contributions:22 PRs, 62 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
reactpicturestinder-stylenodejsfavourite
nickliu02/Teleclinic
Sep 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:145 commits, 80 pushes in 2 days
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