# Jason Zhang

> Software Engineer @ Threads | Prev @ AWS TxS | Explored CS & HCI @ UWaterloo

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jasonzhang1

Having been a part of several amazing teams over the past few years has allowed me to gain valuable insights and skills in the tech industry. I'm always looking to work on exciting projects and take on challenging technical problems.

Here are some other things that capture me as an individual: 

🎮 Avid Pokemon Battler (hit top 10 globally in several categories on Smogon ladders) 
- Check out this competitive Pokemon article I wrote a while back: https://medium.com/@jaszhang6/pokemon-article-7095124da5ad

💭 Trivia Enthusiast (History + Geography are my favourites!) 

🏀 NBA Hopeful (it's not looking too great...)

🙋‍♂️ Feel free to reach out at j2343zha@uwaterloo.ca!

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Threads
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States
🧵 Threads Core Product Team

Driving large Threads messaging growth wins!

### Software Engineer Intern @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
🖥️ Integrity Platform Team
Tech: JavaScript / Flow, Hack (PHP), React, Ent ORM, GraphQL 

Improved the 3rd-party dev experience with new platform tools!

### Software Engineer Intern (Distributed Systems & Transactional Services) @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States
💽 Multi-Regional Journal Team
Tech: Java, TypeScript, SQL, AWS (EC2, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CodeDeploy)

Worked on foundational distributed systems powering critical database services!

### Software Engineer Intern @ Vivid Seats
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
🎟️ B2C Backend team
Tech: Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Strapi

Worked on microservices and Backend For Frontend layers scaling systems across web and mobile platforms!

### Backend Software Engineer Intern @ theScore
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
🎰 Sportsbook Core Team
Tech: Elixir Phoenix, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, GraphQL, gRPC, AWS, Redis

### Backend Software Engineer Intern @ Loblaw Digital
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
🛒 PCX Cart Platform Team
Tech: Java, Spring Boot, Elixir Phoenix, Prometheus, Grafana

### Data Analyst Intern @ University of Waterloo
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
🎓 Admissions & Scholarships Data Team 
Tech: Excel VBA, Power BI, Python (pandas, NumPy), SQL

### Busboy/Food Server @ Miga Korean BBQ & Japanese Yakiniku
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Mississauga, Ontario
I had lots of fun here!


## Education
### Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Waterloo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/j6z
- Portfolio: https://jas6zhang.github.io/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13