Zhen Zhang
Graduate Research Assistant
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhen Zhang is a seasoned research-focused software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in C/C++, Java, algorithms, data structures, computer networks, distributed systems, and Linux kernel internals. Based at UC Irvine as a long-term graduate research assistant, he blends deep academic rigor from Southeast University, University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. pursuit at UC Irvine with hands-on backend development. His open-source contributions include practical core fixes and enhanced logging to projects like Apache Helix, reflecting attention to production reliability and diagnostics. Comfortable across Windows and Linux, Zhen is particularly adept at networking protocol work (TCP/IP) and low-level system design, often bridging research ideas into maintainable code. An understated strength is his sustained, dual-track career in academia and open-source engineering, which lets him translate theoretical insights into robust, real-world implementations.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Southeast UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at University of KentuckyUniversity of California, Irvine
Github Skills (6)
javas10
backend10
zookeeper10
back-end-development10
java10
logging9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
apache/helix
Aug 2012 - Mar 2015
Mirror of Apache Helix
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:272 commits in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Zhen appears to be a backend developer, as the commits primarily focus on improvements to the core logic and functionality. The user has added extensive logging to several java classes, and also made fixes to a zkDumper program. In addition to these, they have added methods to a BaseDataAccessor class, and also modified a test file and other core java packages.
helixapachebig-datacloudjava
zzhang5/zooinspector
Jul 2014 - May 2016
An improved zookeeper inspector
Contributions:27 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 1 year 10 months
inspectorzookeeperimproved
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