Software Engineer III

Ann Zhang

Principal Software Engineer

Bayonne, NJ, USA, 07002 ****.*****.*******@*****.***

Websites and Social Links

Github Profile: https://github.com/Ann-Z-West

Linkedn Profile : https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-z-00654246/ Summary

Advanced Software Engineer with expertise in AWS cloud based micro services design, deploy and maintenance of software systems. Equipped with a diverse and promising skill-set. Highly skilled at substantial understanding of the job and potentially beyond that, and applies knowledge and skills to complete a wide range of tasks. Able to effectively drive independent project, as well as coach junior engineers. Experience

Software Engineer III

Cohesity, Remote Nov 2024 — May 2025

Inherited from Veritas after merging with Cohesity, completed multiple rounds of testing and consolidating in non-prod environment, significantly advancing the system toward production readiness. Optimized infrastructure and application configurations based on insights from extensive performance testing on AWS. Initiated the design of a prototype leveraging AI to automate GraphQL query generation and explored a vision for AI-powered cloud infrastructure resource optimization. Senior Software Engineer

Veritas, Remote Sep 2021 — Nov 2024

Spearheaded the end-to-end development of the NetBackup Telemetry Data Reporting System from scratch. Designed the AWS-based microservices architecture and infrastructure. Led backend development, testing, and DevOps efforts. Built a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline and a Prometheus-based monitoring system to track resource utilization, system throughput, and application health, with customized alerts for resource depletion and critical service failures. Mentored an intern on building reporting widgets and coached a junior engineer on maintaining CI/CD pipelines to support rapid deployment cycles. Skills in use: Rust, Dgraph, GraphQL, AWS cloud resources, Kubernetes, Helm, HashiCorp Terraform, Prometheus, PostgreSQL, jMeter.

Technical Lead

Self-managed Startup, New York, NY, USA Dec 2019 — Jun 2021 Led backend development and data architecture for a social media platform. Designed and implemented microservices, API Gateway, and ElasticSearch integrations. Directed data governance, schema/dictionary design, and real-time data streaming and analytics, significantly improving system scalability and search performance.

Skills in use: Python, NodeJs, Scala, Kafka, Spark, ElasticSearch, MySQL Cluster, MongoDB, HDFS, RedisCluster, Kubernetes on-premise.

Senior Software Engineer

SS&C Technologies, New York, NY, USA Jul 2018 — Dec 2019 Redesigned and upgraded a hedge fund data analytics system to enhance performance without impacting real- time user experience. Refactored and re-architected large-scale data processing workflows to achieve server load balancing. Resolved major performance bottlenecks in report downloads from the data visualization platform. Independently built a CI/CD pipeline to streamline deployment and improve development efficiency. Skills in use: Python, C#(asp.net), Kafka, RedisMQ, SQLServer, MongoDB, Redis. Software Engineer

Echosens, Shenzhen, China Sep 2017 — Mar 2018

Developed a desktop application integrated with medical devices to collect, categorize, aggregate, and analyze patient data. Enhanced data processing accuracy and streamlined clinical workflows, contributing to improved diagnostic efficiency.

Skills in use: C#, TelerikUI components, WeChat Open API. Software Engineer

Moody's Analytics, Shenzhen, China Nov 2013 — Aug 2017 Developed and maintained www.creditedge.com, contributing to full-stack software development. Conducted in-depth API performance analysis to optimize response times and scalability. Provided critical technical support during product releases, ensuring smooth deployment and minimal downtime. Skills

AWS cloud resource management by Terraform

Kubernetes and Helm

GraphQL and Dgraph

Rust

Python

PostgreSQL, SQLServer, MongoDB

Jenkins CI/CD pipeline

Kafka

ElasticSearch

Prometheus

Education

Master of Science, Computer Science, Wuhan, China & Paris, France, 2010 — 2013 Wuhan University

Bachelor, Computer Science, Wuhan, China, 2006 — 2010 Wuhan University

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