About Me

  • Name:Kevin Zhu
  • Age:24
  • Location:New York City, USA
  • Hometown:Vancouver, Canada
  • University:UC Berkeley
  • Favorite Food:Hot Pot

Hello!

I'm Kevin — a software engineer with a love for good food, photography, and exploring new places. Originally from Vancouver and now based in New York City, I enjoy finding the balance between technology and creativity in my work and hobbies.

When I'm not coding, I'm usually trying to keep up with my energetic cat Yuzu, experimenting with new Chinese recipes, or zipping through the city on my electric skateboard.

Timeline

Work Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer - Applied AI

    Schonfeld | January 2025 - Present
    • Leading the expansion of our AI platform that now serves over 70% of the firm's employees daily
    • Built AI assistants that make me look smarter than I actually am by answering questions I'd otherwise Google
    • Conducting executive training sessions on AI implementation strategies and best practices
    • Created AI tools that do the hard work while I get to take credit for the insights

  • Software Engineer - Applied AI

    Schonfeld | June 2023 - January 2025
    • Developed an enterprise-grade LLM-powered assistant with integrations to proprietary data sources
    • Automated workflows for colleagues who now think I'm a wizard, when really I just hate repetitive tasks
    • Pioneered function-calling AI systems that have become the foundation for firm-wide automation
    • Created dashboards to track AI performance because even I couldn't understand what was happening without visuals

  • Software Development Engineer I - EC2

    Amazon Web Services | March 2022 - June 2023
    • Upgraded cloud infrastructure while regularly panicking about potentially breaking the internet (thankfully didn't)
    • Led cross-functional effort to reduce server impairment recidivism, resulting in significant infrastructure efficiency gains
    • Fixed critical issues in maintenance alert systems affecting tens of thousands of instances

  • Software Development Engineer Intern - EC2

    Amazon Web Services | May 2021 - August 2021
    • Developed a server health analytics pipeline covering millions of EC2 instances with visualization tools
    • Automated server failure detection, mostly to avoid having to manually check them all (laziness is the mother of automation)

  • Software Engineering Intern

    Bill | June 2020 - January 2021
    • Designed web interfaces for financial software while struggling to balance my own bank account
    • Implemented backend Java services enabling fast and flexible filtering of customer data

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science

    University of California, Berkeley | 2018 - 2021
    • Coursework in algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and software engineering
    • Built real-world projects with Codebase while somehow managing not to break production
    • Balanced dining hall shifts with debugging sessions, making me an expert at both serving spaghetti and untangling it

Let's Connect!

Interested in discussing AI projects, job opportunities, or just chatting about the latest in tech? Maybe you know where to find the best ramen? I'd love to connect!

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