I'm Aoran Zheng, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable full-stack enterprise applications using modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure.\n\nI design robust ASP.NET Core backends, develop responsive React and Angular frontends, and architect RESTful APIs for high-performance systems. I enjoy mentoring junior engineers, translating complex business requirements into maintainable code, and delivering features that drive user adoption and business outcomes.

I'm Aoran Zheng, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable full-stack enterprise applications using modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure.\n\nI design robust ASP.NET Core backends, develop responsive React and Angular frontends, and architect RESTful APIs for high-performance systems. I enjoy mentoring junior engineers, translating complex business requirements into maintainable code, and delivering features that drive user adoption and business outcomes.

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I’m Aoran Zheng, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable full-stack enterprise applications using modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure.\n\nI design robust ASP.NET Core backends, develop responsive React and Angular frontends, and architect RESTful APIs for high-performance systems. I enjoy mentoring junior engineers, translating complex business requirements into maintainable code, and delivering features that drive user adoption and business outcomes.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Adobe
June 1, 2022 - Present
Architected REST API endpoints using ASP.NET Core and C#, handling 2M+ daily requests with sub-100ms latency for content delivery workflows. Designed and implemented Entity Framework data access with polymorphic hierarchies, reducing ORM overhead by 35%. Built interactive dashboards using React with TypeScript, improving user engagement by 28%. Established CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time from 45 minutes to 8 minutes and increasing release frequency 3x. Optimized SQL Server queries via indexing and execution plan analysis, cutting average query time from 2.5s to 380ms across reporting endpoints. Developed Azure-hosted microservice for document processing pipeline, supporting 50k+ concurrent users with auto-scaling and 99.95% uptime SLA. Mentored 4 junior engineers on C# best practices and async programming. Migrated legacy monolith to containerized ASP.NET Core services on Azure Kubernetes Service, enabling independent deployment cycles for
Senior Software Engineer at Tekion Corp
January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
Led Angular SPA redesign for automotive dealership operations platform, delivering 40% faster page load times and improved accessibility compliance. Built REST API service layer in ASP.NET Core with comprehensive request validation and error handling, adopted by 6 downstream teams. Implemented advanced search and filtering using SQL Server full-text indexing, reducing search latency from 3.2s to 280ms. Designed Entity Framework repository pattern abstraction reducing data access code duplication by 50%. Championed DevOps automation initiatives, containerizing applications and establishing Azure Container Registry pipelines for consistent deployments. Spearheaded code quality improvements by introducing SonarQube analysis into CI/CD workflows, reducing critical security findings by 75%.
Software Engineer at Tekion Corp
December 1, 2020 - December 1, 2021
Developed full-stack features in C# and Angular for vehicle finance workflow automation, deployed to 500+ dealership locations. Built REST API endpoints supporting document upload and processing with transactional integrity using Entity Framework and SQL Server transactions. Optimized ASP.NET Core application startup time by 55% through assembly lazy-loading and dependency injection container optimization. Implemented React component library for financial forms with client-side validation, reducing form submission errors by 32%. Established Azure DevOps release pipeline automating staging environment deployments, cutting manual QA preparation time by 3 hours per release. Resolved critical data consistency issues in SQL Server batch processing jobs through careful transaction isolation level configuration and deadlock analysis.
Software Engineer at Cisco
April 1, 2018 - November 1, 2020
Designed ASP.NET Core backend services for network configuration and monitoring platform, serving 10k+ enterprise customers with 99.9% availability. Developed React-based network topology visualization dashboard consuming REST API data, supporting interactive visualization of 50k+ network nodes. Implemented Entity Framework migrations and query optimization for analytics reporting, improving dashboard load time from 12s to 2.1s for large datasets. Built SQL Server-backed audit logging system in C# capturing 100+ million events monthly with sub-millisecond write latency. Deployed multi-tier Azure cloud infrastructure with DevOps automation, managing CI/CD pipelines for daily deployments across staging and production. Architected REST API gateway with rate limiting and JWT authentication, enabling secure third-party integrations for 25+ partner organizations.
Software Engineer at Synergistic IT
August 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018
Built e-commerce backend using ASP.NET Core and C#, processing 5k+ transactions daily with secure payment gateway integration. Developed customer portal Angular application with real-time order tracking and inventory management features. Implemented SQL Server stored procedures and views for complex business reporting, supporting executive dashboards and operational analytics. Created REST API for mobile app integration with Entity Framework ORM mapping, reducing mobile app backend errors by 28%. Supported CI/CD build automation using traditional deployment scripts, laying groundwork for DevOps practices adopted in later roles.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017

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Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics