Senior Software Engineer / Staff-level

Yu Zhou

yuzhousde@gmail.com631-838-9681Scarsdale, NY
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About Me

Senior Software Engineer / Staff-level with 10+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams and architecting scalable platforms. Drove multi-quarter onboarding consolidation at Dropbox. Expert in system design, experimentation, and reliability improvements, with a track record of delivering high-impact products, optimizing engineering efficiency, and mentoring teams across complex web and platform systems.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

May 2021 – Present

Dropbox Inc·Remote

  • Tech Lead for Viral Activation, leading a cross-functional team (4 engineers + PM/EM/DS/Design) responsible for onboarding and activation for viral sign-ups; set technical direction, drove roadmap execution, and coordinated delivery across multiple partner teams.
  • Architected and led a multi-quarter onboarding platform consolidation, unifying team and individual onboarding flows across two codebases; reduced technical complexity, cut new feature development effort by ~50%, and created a scalable foundation for experimentation.
  • Led growth initiatives including Surface Existing Teams (SET) expansion, delivering $1.2M incremental NNARR in Milestone 1 and $3.9M projected net ARR in Milestone 2, with 4.5× increase in team invites and 64% lift in paid teams sending invites.
  • Delivered Gmail Add-on runtime migration for 1M+ users in 1 week vs. 6-week estimate, re-establishing full dev, deployment, and monitoring workflows while ensuring compliance.
  • Led experimentation for Create Shared Folder activation, coordinating 4 engineers to launch variants that generated 69K incremental setups and 79K incremental aha events annually with 14% statistically significant lift.
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Senior Software Engineer

Mar 2018 – May 2021

Bloomberg LP·New York, NY

  • Developed and maintained modern web applications across monolithic (Java, Spring) and microservice architectures (Spring Boot, Node.js) with React/Redux frontends.
  • Led multiple cross-functional projects end-to-end, including technical design, RFC development, estimation, roadmap planning, and delivery.
  • Collaborated with product, design, and data teams to define requirements, prioritize workstreams, and ensure high-quality execution across internal and external engineering partners.
  • Drove data-informed product improvements using an internal A/B testing platform and post-launch analytics.
  • Participated in technical hiring and onboarding, helping scale and mentor the engineering team.
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Programmer Analyst

Mar 2017 – Mar 2018

CyberThink Inc·New Jersey

  • Built and maintained CMS front-end using React, HTML5, and CSS, implementing responsive UI components and layouts.
  • Translated UI/UX designs into production-ready HTML/CSS/JS, collaborating closely with backend Java engineers.
  • Led frontend development for a decision-tree management tool supporting complex data visualization and hierarchical editing; developed a retailer portal for firmware and documentation downloads.
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Programmer Analyst

Jul 2014 – Feb 2016

Marlabs Inc·New Jersey

  • Consulted with stakeholders to define program objectives and design requirements.
  • Developed a financial management tool for multi-subsidiary cash flow using Yahoo User Interface (YUI), vanilla JavaScript, Bootstrap, and Java.
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Education

M.S.

Stony Brook University

B.S.

Beijing Institute of Technology