Summary
Zilong Zhong is a seasoned software development engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable systems at Amazon Web Services, HP, and IBM, currently contributing to Amazon SQS. He blends deep research credentials—a Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Intelligence and postdoctoral work at McMaster—with hands-on production engineering, enabling practical ML-informed solutions for distributed systems. His background spans leadership roles from team lead to senior engineer, and he holds an MBA, giving him a strong mix of technical, managerial, and product-oriented perspectives. Based in Vancouver, he has a long track record of shipping reliable enterprise software across cloud, embedded, and systems domains. A PMP credential signals disciplined delivery practices beyond pure engineering, while his academic work suggests a continual focus on advancing intelligent systems rather than only maintaining legacy stacks.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Applied Technology, Master’s Degree, Computer Applied Technology at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bachelor's Degree, Architecture, Bachelor's Degree, Architecture at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese