# Leon Zhou

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/leonzhou

Software engineer with 3+ years of experience. Skilled in Python, full stack web development, and mathematics. Passionate about problem solving, UX, and development practices. BS in Mathematics from MIT.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Art of Problem Solving
Jan 2022 – Present | San Diego, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Cruise
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
Senior Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team
Full-stack web development

### Mobile Engineer @ Pocket Gems
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on the Episode mobile app.

Created new features and UIs using Objective-C and the cocos2d framework
Used experience on web team to help design features requiring client-server communication
Integrated a new performance marketing SDK into Episode

### Web Software Engineer @ Pocket Gems
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Did full stack web development for the Episode Web Portal.

Created dynamic web UIs for story writing and management using Angular, Bootstrap, and Mako
Used the Google App Engine Python SDK to develop data models and handlers for the site's backend
Created web APIs to serve story and author data to the Episode mobile app
Collaborated with internal writers, artists, and UX designers to create better tools for story development

### Analytics Intern @ Yammer
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Used data to help make decisions in a high-velocity environment in the tech industry
Wrote SQL queries to perform complex analyses on large datasets
Worked with marketing, sales, and front-end developers to create graphical tools to simplify everyday data analysis

### Programming Intern @ Thunder Wake
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Cambridge, MA

### Summer Intern @ United States Department of Defense
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Worked on security-related mathematics problems for the DoD as a summer intern.

### Math Department Grader @ MIT
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011

### Tech Caller @ MIT Alumni Association
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011


## Education
### BS in Mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Mathematics
Art of Problem Solving
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zhou-leon

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Source: https://flows.cv/leonzhou
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Last updated: 2026-03-23