Yao Zhou is a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, where they have also served as a Senior Software Engineer since 2019. Previously, Yao worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Aspect Software from 2016 to 2019, focusing on developing and maintaining cloud-based products and implementing core libraries for AWS S3 access. Yao began their career as an Application Developer at The Kenerson Group and contributed as a Research Assistant/Programmer at Clark Labs, where they developed various tools and models. They hold a Master of Arts in Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment from Clark University and a Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information System from South China Agricultural University.