About

Jessica Zhao is a highly skilled software engineer with over 11 years of experience in developing distributed systems. Currently working at DoorDash as a Software Engineer, she is responsible for building distributed backend web services that integrate with Point of Sale merchants on food ordering, menu management, item stock management, and more. Prior to DoorDash, Jessica worked at Apple as a Software Engineer, where she developed high volume and highly available distributed backend services for iMessage, FaceTime, and iCloud. She also worked at PlayStation Network as a Software Engineer II, where she designed and implemented a distributed messaging system for PlayStation Network using Java 8, Spring, ActiveMQ, Hystrix, and Hazelcast. Additionally, she developed distributed account and payment services for PlayStation Store. Jessica has a Master of Science degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Ocean University of China. Her specialties include distributed systems, Java, Python, Kotlin, Spring framework, Cadence, RESTful Web Service, gRPC, Cassandra, PostgreSQL, and JMS. Jessica is a skilled software engineer with a strong background in web and backend development. She is proficient in various technologies and frameworks, including Spring, Cassandra, Java, Python, and Kotlin. Her experience and expertise make her a valuable asset to any organization looking to build and maintain distributed systems.