About

Ling Zhang is a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer with over 12 years of industry experience. He has extensive experience in large-scale distributed services design, implementation, and operation, as well as real-time/streaming systems. Ling has 5 years of tech lead and management experience, making him an excellent candidate for leadership roles in software engineering teams. Ling has a rich background in micro-service architecture and AWS technologies, making him a valuable asset to any company looking to build scalable and reliable infrastructure. He has excellent oral and written communication skills, which have been honed through his experience leading teams and working with stakeholders. Currently, Ling is working as a Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase. In the past, he has worked as a Tech Lead and Engineering Manager at Compass, where he was responsible for building data pipeline infra/platforms. He has also worked as a Lead Software Engineer at Grab, where he was one of the founder engineers of the streaming infrastructure team. Ling led the development of the streaming processing framework, which provided Map/Filter/Join/Aggregate APIs. He also created Kafka and Scylla clusters and operated them 24/7. Ling holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiaotong University. His education and experience have equipped him with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices. Ling's tech stack includes Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, AWS, Web3, Microservices, infra, Spark, and Kafka. With 12.70 years of relevant experience, Ling is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer who can contribute to the success of any project or team.