Available for new opportunities
Zhiyuan Ouyang
San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Software Engineer
I‘m a Software Engineer with hands-on experience across full-stack systems, infrastructure, big data, and machine learning. I focus on turning complex ideas into scalable products, with a strong interest in AI and Web3. My educational background spans mathematics, computer science, and finance.
Currently building Gemini Enterprise at Google.
Work Experience
Professional Journey
Senior Software Engineer | TechLead
Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI Search
- Led engineer team (5-10 engineers) in backend and infrastructure development for Gemini Enterprise integrations and Cloud Retail Search.
- Led design and implementation for scalable search and agentic infrastructure for Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise features, including Search and Agentspace, driving cross-organizational collaboration with PMs, UX designers, and engineering teams.
- Owned system architecture, technical roadmap, engineering execution, launch readiness, and cross-team alignment for multi-quarter projects, ensuring timely delivery of enterprise-grade AI solutions.
C++PythonDistributed SystemAgentic SystemRAGPrompt EngineeringMCP
Flexport
Senior Software Engineer | TechLead
Commerce Marketplace
- Tech lead for multiple critical marketplace systems, overseeing 3–5 engineers across analytics and real-time matching.
- Designed and built a quasi–real-time global freight analytics platform, transforming multi-hour latency workflows into near-instant insights used by operations and forecasting teams.
- Led architecture and development of a real-time freight matching marketplace, replacing manual engineer-dependent processes with automated, high-throughput matching powered by streaming data.
- Drove cross-functional collaboration with product, data science, and operations; owned roadmap planning, execution, and successful rollout of marketplace systems.
JavaKotlinOpenSearchNeo4jData PipelineMicroservicesAWSSnowflake
Senior Software Engineer | TechLead
Workspace Enterprise
- Led engineering teams (5–10 engineers) in delivering critical auth, onboarding, and identity systems for Workspace.
- Designed and delivered OpenID based identity flows, reducing friction and significantly improving activation and bounce rates.
- Built large-scale onboarding platform supporting advanced enterprise features; improved conversion and reduced operational overhead.
- Mentored junior engineers, managed cross-org design reviews, and ensured high-reliability launches.
JavaJavaScript/TypeScript
Oracle
Software Engineer
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Built data processing pipelines for ingestion, storage, ETL, indexing and analytics systems powering multi-region enterprise workloads.
- Implemented DevOps modernization: CI/CD, container orchestration, service mesh, and automated testing.
JavaSparkHadoopKafkaPrometheusGrafanaElasticsearchKubernetesDockerCassandraHDFSImpalaHive
Education
Academic Foundation
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science in Computer Engineering
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering
Magna Cum Laude
Beijing Jiaotong University
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering
Si-Yuan Honors Program
Side Projects
Building outside the office
AI-powered technical interview preparation platform
Founder & Lead Engineer
Founder and sole developer of InterviewGPT. Responsible for product design, system architecture, and full-stack implementation of the platform.
Typescript/JavascriptReactNode.jsUpstash RedisSupabase PostgreSQLPostHog AnalyticsSentry MonitoringVercelCron
Certifications
Continuous Learning
Technical Expertise
My Toolbox
Languages
JavaPythonC++SQLTypeScriptJavaScriptKotlinCypherHTML/CSS
Databases
MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisMemcachedCassandraNeo4jElasticsearchOpensearchPrometheusInfluxDBIndexedDBSQLiteH2
Backend
Node.jsNestJSSpring BootFlaskDjangoMicroservicesEvent Driven
Frontend
ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSMaterial UI
Big Data
SparkFlinkStormHadoopHiveImpalaSupersetKafkaRocketMQRabbitMQZookeeper
Machine Learning & AI
Scikit-learnPyTorchHugging FaceRAGSFTRLHFModel EvaluationFeature Engineering
DevOps & Infrastructure
DockerKubernetesJenkinsTravisCIMavenGradleBazelGitMercurialHAProxyNginxKongEnvoyGrafanaLogstashFluentdTerraform