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Eric Zhang

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Staff Software Engineer at Google
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Eric is a Staff Software Engineer at Google, where he builds AI Agents and advanced runtime technology within BigQuery. His expertise spans over 10 years in big data platforms, cloud computing, and AI infrastructure, with previous senior roles at ByteDance, Alibaba, and Microsoft. He earned his masters from Peking University and bachelors from Fudan University.

He co-authored the research paper "JetScope: Reliable and Interactive Analytics at Cloud Scale" and led the migration of TikToks machine learning models to Google TPUs.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Staff Software Engineer
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
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AI Agents
His current focus at Google is building AI Agents within BigQuery, fusing large language models with big data systems to generate intelligent insights.
Query Optimization
He recently announced the general availability of BigQuery's advanced runtime, demonstrating his focus on building high-performance, next-generation query engines.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Staff Software Engineer
Google
5-2021
Engineering Director | Founding Member
Singdata
3-2020 - 5-2021
Staff Software Engineer
ByteDance
8-2016 - 3-2020
Staff Engineer | Tech Lead
Alibaba Group
7-2008 - 8-2016
Senior Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
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Education
master
Peking University
bachelor
Fudan University
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