Zijian Zhang
Cloud Network Engineer at ByteDance
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZijian Zhang is a Cloud Network Engineer with 8 years of systems and kernel-focused experience, currently building network infrastructure at ByteDance after contributing as a Linux Kernel Engineer and intern. He combines deep kernel and networking expertise—particularly around eBPF and Cilium—with practical compiler and LLVM experience from earlier roles optimizing RISC-V code generation. A Columbia CS master's alumnus and former OS teaching assistant, Zijian blends research-minded rigor (Score-CAM work accepted at CVPRW) with production systems delivery. He is driven by rapid self-directed learning and a focus on efficiency, often finding low-level optimizations that reduce code size and register pressure. Based in California, he actively bridges cutting-edge kernel research and cloud networking for scalable, performant platforms.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Wuhan UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Columbia University
Github Skills (18)
monitoring10
kubernetes10
observability10
ebpf10
cni10
networking10
bpf10
security10
kernel10
k8s10
classifier9
kubernetes-networking9
lime8
vector5
risc5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Sm0ckingBird/CS231n
Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Contributions:31 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
Sm0ckingBird/ZzWord
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes in 2 days
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