Zhongkai Liu
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolZhongkai Liu is a Software Development Engineer II at Amazon with a decade of engineering experience and a background that blends applied physics and electrical/computer engineering. He progressed from an Amazon SDE intern working on audience recommendation to senior SDE roles, shipping analytics and insights at scale. Trained at Cornell (M.Eng. ECE) and dual degrees in Physics from Waterloo and Beijing Institute of Technology, he applies rigorous quantitative thinking from quantum computing research to production software. Comfortable in Python and data-driven engineering, he’s known for turning complex numerical problems into practical systems—and describes code as his “spiritual food,” reflecting a hands-on, craft-oriented approach.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Engineering Physics/Applied Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Beijing Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at University of Waterloo
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
screwdriver7
api7
continuous-integration6
pickup6
continuous-delivery5
javascript5
docker4
kubernetes4
devops3
automation3
pacman1
java1
react1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
OnTitansShoulder/ontitansshoulder.github.io
Sep 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:10 PRs, 8 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 8 months
OnTitansShoulder/EatWhere
Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
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