Eric Zheng
@ericzheng1
Senior Software Engineer specializing in scalable systems and AI-driven infrastructure.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building scalable systems and AI-driven products at Google, combining strong backend engineering with machine learning pipelines and production reliability.
I've led work across large projects including open-source Bazel, real-time search indexing, YouTube data infrastructure, and AI for Social Good initiatives like Flood Forecasting and Wildfire Detection — delivering measurable latency, uptime, and accuracy improvements.
I focus on designing reliable distributed architectures, automating validation and operations, mentoring teammates, and applying data-driven solutions to achieve real-world impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led infrastructure and AI-driven projects including Bazel, real-time search indexing, YouTube data scaling, and AI crisis-response systems, delivering improvements such as ~30% faster builds, 4× lower search latency, 25% lower DB latency, and TPU-accelerated inference 5× speed-up.
Guided 100+ students in operating systems topics and developed automated testing and visualization scripts to improve cache validation efficiency.
Software Engineering Intern
Infinio Systems
May 2014 - Aug 2014 (3 months)
Built C and Python monitoring tools for VMware storage caching, reducing data-path overhead by ~40% and created automated test/visualization scripts to improve cache validation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Columbia University
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science
2013 - 2014
Activities and societies: Teaching Assistant for Operating Systems; developed automated test and visualization scripts.
Completed a Master's degree in Computer Science with coursework and TA experience in operating systems and systems programming.
Beihang University
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Software Engineering
2009 - 2013
Completed a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering focusing on systems and software development.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
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