About

I'm Crystal Zhou (周晓玥), a software engineer. I earned my Master of Engineering in Computer Science at Cornell Tech, and before that my Bachelor's in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. I'm a self-motivated developer and researcher interested in systems, and I firmly believe in the power of open source.

Snapshot

  • Focus areas: ML infra, optimization, distributed systems, databases, open-source development
  • Currently: software engineer — maintaining Harbor and working on KVCache & inference systems
  • Based in: New York, United States

Education

  • Cornell University — Master of Engineering in Computer Science. Sept. 2025 – May 2026, New York, USA.
  • University of Waterloo — Bachelor of Computer Science. Sept. 2020 – May 2025, Waterloo, Canada.

Experience

  • Software Engineer — Jane Street (current)

Research & publications

Still constructing — writeups and links coming soon.

Contact