Zoe (Zhihao) Zhang
M.S. in Computer Science at Northeastern University
Ex-SWE intern at Google, Stripe, AWS, and Intuit
Competitive programming enthusiast · Low-latency systems (C++/Rust)
Also known as Ai / Ren Ai / 怜爱 / Toki
Experience
Google May – Aug 2025
Software Engineering Intern · AI Infra - Host Networking · Sunnyvale, CA
- Built high-performance monitoring pipelines on SmartNIC hardware in C++, enabling real-time packet analysis and ML-driven anomaly detection across 4M+ data center machines
- Extended flow table field coverage and re-architected the filtering subsystem and Protobuf schemas to improve observability, debugging, and extensibility across networking pipelines
- Resolved edge cases in header parsing and packet sampling that caused telemetry packets to be incorrectly inserted into the flow table
Stripe Jan – Apr 2025
Software Engineering Intern · Stream Compute · Seattle, WA
- Built a Temporal-based workflow in Java to automatically recover missing Flink metrics via Kafka, improving data completeness for stream compute pipelines
- Designed and built 20+ Flink health monitoring dashboards in SQL, TypeScript, and React through user interviews; now reviewed daily and weekly by each team
- Built a daily metric checker in Java that applies thresholds to key signals and auto-opens tickets for responsible teams, with per-team alert configuration
Amazon Web Services Jun – Aug 2024
Software Dev Engineer Intern · Distributed Data & Transaction Management · East Palo Alto, CA
- Designed and shipped new SQL syntax for Redshift in C++/C to prevent storage waste on external table creation; updated public docs for the CREATE EXTERNAL SCHEMA command, affecting 10,000+ companies
- Developed Redshift features in C++ for user authentication and authorization with IAM Identity Center integration
- Wrote localhost and automated tests in Python to validate new features and ensure regression-free releases
Intuit May – Dec 2022
Software Engineering Intern · Migration & Data-in Teams · Mountain View, CA
- Built front-end admin tool pages in React/TypeScript and back-end endpoints in Kotlin/SpringBoot for care agents and engineers to streamline workflow
- Contributed to Java monolith → microservices migration by developing back-end endpoints to fetch data across services
- Increased unit test coverage from 40% to 85% using Mockito and JUnit; built RESTful APIs for microservices with shared concurrent databases
- Resolved Arm64 architecture issues in Docker/Podman to improve environment compatibility for incoming team members
Education
Northeastern University Jan 2024 – May 2026 (expected)
MS, Computer Science
University of California, Davis
BS, Computer Science
Competitive Programming