Rui Zhou

Rui Zhou is a highly experienced software engineer currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at Pinterest since August 2024. Previously, Rui worked as a Software Engineer at Aven from March 2024 to August 2024, and as Director of Engineering at Ark7 from 2021 to March 2024. Other notable roles include Senior Software Engineer at Uber from 2018 to 2021, and Software Engineer at Google from 2014 to 2018. Early career experiences include an SDE internship at Oracle in 2013, a Teaching Assistant position at Brown University in 2013, and roles as a Game Developer at Telos Entertainment (2011-2012) and Research Assistant at the University of Prince Edward Island (2010-2012). An individual iOS Developer experience was also held from 2010 to 2011. Rui Zhou holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Brown University, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Honors and a Minor in Math from the University of Prince Edward Island, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Information and Technology from Sichuan University.