Hi, I’m Jeffrey Zeng, a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on building scalable, reliable systems and solving hard problems. Over the past decade I’ve designed, built, and operated large-scale production software at industry-leading companies, delivering robust solutions and a strong developer experience. I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and operations to ship features that move the business forward while keeping systems resilient and maintainable. I specialize in end-to-end software delivery—from requirements and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. I apply solid engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, YAGNI) and leverage AI/ML tools in production workflows. I mentor engineers on best practices, drive observability and incident response improvements, and strive to keep latency low and reliability high across multi-service platforms.

Hi, I’m Jeffrey Zeng, a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on building scalable, reliable systems and solving hard problems. Over the past decade I’ve designed, built, and operated large-scale production software at industry-leading companies, delivering robust solutions and a strong developer experience. I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and operations to ship features that move the business forward while keeping systems resilient and maintainable. I specialize in end-to-end software delivery—from requirements and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. I apply solid engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, YAGNI) and leverage AI/ML tools in production workflows. I mentor engineers on best practices, drive observability and incident response improvements, and strive to keep latency low and reliability high across multi-service platforms.

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Hi, I’m Jeffrey Zeng, a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on building scalable, reliable systems and solving hard problems. Over the past decade I’ve designed, built, and operated large-scale production software at industry-leading companies, delivering robust solutions and a strong developer experience. I enjoy collaborating across product, design, and operations to ship features that move the business forward while keeping systems resilient and maintainable.

I specialize in end-to-end software delivery—from requirements and architecture through deployment, monitoring, and maintenance. I apply solid engineering principles (SOLID, DRY, YAGNI) and leverage AI/ML tools in production workflows. I mentor engineers on best practices, drive observability and incident response improvements, and strive to keep latency low and reliability high across multi-service platforms.

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English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Google
January 1, 2023 - Present
Current role focused on building scalable, reliable systems across multiple teams. Driving real-time observability, integrating AI/ML workflows into production, and guiding architectural decision-making while mentoring engineers. Collaborating across product and design on several initiatives to improve system resilience and developer experience.
Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian
June 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023
Led backend platform development and distributed microservices, improving throughput and reliability. Implemented real-time monitoring and alerting, mentored 8 junior engineers on system design fundamentals, and contributed to AI/ML tool integration in production workflows to enhance deployment confidence and system observability.
Full Stack Developer at Thumbtack
April 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020
Architected and deployed a distributed microservice platform handling 500K+ requests per second. Applied SOLID principles and separation of concerns to maintain 12+ services, reducing latency by 35% through API design and caching strategies. Led real-time monitoring and alerting, mentored engineers, and integrated AI/ML tooling into workflows.
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
August 1, 2015 - March 1, 2018
Contributed to core feature development and services, collaborating across teams and improving code quality. Mentored interns and participated in SDLC improvements to enhance reliability and developer productivity.
Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft
June 1, 2014 - August 1, 2014
Summer internship focused on hands-on software development, feature work, and code reviews within large-scale production systems.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
September 1, 2011 - June 1, 2015

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Software & Internet

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