CS Student · Ames, IA

Jerry Zheng

Software engineer with hands-on experience building backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines. I enjoy solving hard technical problems, automating complex workflows, and shipping reliable software end to end.

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Skills
PythonJavaC/C++JavaScriptTypeScriptSQLGitDockerSnowflakeInformaticaSplunkREST APIsBoto3JiraVS CodeMongoDBn8nAWSAzureApache AirflowTerraformCI/CDGrafana

Education

Iowa State UniversityExpected Graduation May 2028
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Honors Program | GPA 4.0/4.0Ames, IA

Relevant coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Discrete Mathematics, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Theory of Computation

Experience

John DeerePart-Time Student Software Engineer
Nov 2025 - Present · Ames, IA
  • Built a serverless PR automation API on AWS Lambda that streamlines cloud infrastructure provisioning and handles 1,500+ merges a day.
  • Cut automated compliance check time by 25% by parallelizing the validation workflows.
  • Designed a centralized IAM data store, ingesting 10,000+ cloud service actions into a NoSQL database to standardize compliance checks.
Principal Financial GroupSoftware Engineer Intern
Jun 2026 - Aug 2026 · Des Moines, IA
  • Replaced legacy on-prem data pipeline scripts with automated Apache Airflow pipelines, cutting manual monitoring by 70% and job failures by 30%.
  • Migrated 10+ legacy Informatica ETL workflows to optimized Snowflake SQL, speeding up query execution by 20%.
  • Won 1st place at the 2026 Feature Ventures Hackathon for a GitHub App that integrates Confluence and JFrog Artifactory to automate dependency governance, cutting manual compliance checks by 40%.
Iowa State UniversityComputer Science Peer Mentor
Aug 2025 - Jan 2026 · Ames, IA
  • Mentored 26 students on algorithms, core programming concepts, and problem-solving strategies.
  • Ran one-on-one and group sessions helping students debug code and work through assignments.
Iowa State UniversityUndergraduate Researcher
Jan 2025 - May 2025 · Ames, IA
  • Researched renewable energy integration in long-term power systems, processing large-scale PSS/E data with Matpower to reduce system complexity.
  • Built a Python (Pandas, NumPy) data workflow for real-world power system data, improving optimization efficiency by 20%.
  • Wrote scripts to resolve data integration issues between PSS/E and Matpower.

Contact

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