Edward Zhang

Software Engineering Intern @ Babylist

About

I’m a Computer Engineering student at the University of Waterloo (’27) with hands-on experience building scalable full-stack and cloud applications across multiple tech stacks.

Country

Canada

City

London

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

React.js, gRPC, Python, Ruby on Rails, Protocol Buffers, .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft Azure, Azure SQL, Kotlin, Vue.js, Django, Next.js, TypeScript, Computer Engineering, API Development, System Integration, Platform Integration, JavaScript

Experience

Software Engineering Intern

Babylist

2026-1 - Present · 9 mos

Emeryville, California, United States

Software Engineer Intern

Zynga

2025-5 - 2025-8 · 4 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Built full-stack gameplay tools and backend services for Words With Friends, a title with millions of daily players. Designed and implemented APIs, data models, and distributed systems using Ruby on Rails, gRPC, and MySQL to improve performance and reliability.

Server Cluster Member

WATonomous

2024-9 - 2025-1 · 5 mos

Contributed to a self-service cloud provisioning platform using Terraform, Elastic Cloud, and GitHub Actions.

Software Developer

University of Waterloo

2024-9 - 2024-12 · 4 mos

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Developed backend services and Azure Functions in C# and .NET to support university-wide communication and notification systems.

Software Developer

GrantMatch

2024-1 - 2024-4 · 4 mos

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Contributed to full-stack development of data-driven grant management and AI recommendation tools using Django, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL. Built features improving data accuracy, search relevance, and overall UX for government funding discovery.