Zhizhen Lin
Senior Software Development Engineer at Airbnb
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZhizhen Lin is a Senior Software Development Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, high-throughput backend platforms for consumer-facing products and ML infrastructure. He has designed and operated distributed, event-driven systems at Amazon and AWS—optimizing low-latency APIs, Kafka/Spark pipelines, and Kubernetes deployments to handle millions of concurrent users and petabyte-scale forecasting. Known for bridging real-time communication and co-experience features, he combines hands-on coding in Java/Kotlin/Golang with infrastructure-as-code and production reliability practices. A proven mentor and cross-functional partner, he drives roadmaps, operational excellence, and measurable reductions in customer friction through thoughtful architecture. Based in Seattle, he brings a research-informed approach from an MS in Computer and Information Science to pragmatic delivery in large, consumer-focused environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Science at University of WashingtonBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of NottinghamBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of South Florida
English, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
scripting7
openvr7
re27
lua6
virtual-reality6
cpp5
game-development4
android2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SamuelCochrane/BluetoothAssassinManager
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:40 pushes, 1 branch, 30 issues in 17 days
Zealing/Compiler
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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