Zhi Zhai
Vice President at Pixel Canvas
California, United States
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Top SchoolZhi Zhai is a technology leader and investor with nine years of professional engineering experience and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame. After senior engineering roles at Roblox and Sears where he built microservices, observability pipelines, and customer-facing web systems, he has transitioned into investing and advising for AI and developer-focused startups. Based in California, he serves as Vice President of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (SF Bay Area) while advising Pixel Canvas and backing several AI and product startups. He combines deep hands-on systems and full-stack experience with a research background and an eye for product-market fit, often spotting operational and efficiency gains that founders overlook. His career blends academic rigor, production-scale software delivery, and active engagement in the Bay Area startup ecosystem.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering at University of HoustonBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical Engineering at Nankai UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Notre Dame
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Github Skills (25)
graph10
terraform9
hashicorp9
aws9
terraform-module9
react9
batch8
terragrunt8
scale8
declarative8
vault8
workload8
infrastructure8
hcl8
integrations8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zgzgorg/yj.zgzg.io
Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
ZGZG official website V3
Contributions:55 reviews, 502 commits, 82 PRs in 1 year 1 month
react
zzhai/hello-world
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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