How To Break Into Big Tech - Paira Speaker Series
Dreaming of a career at Apple, Amazon, or other leading tech companies? Join us for an exclusive online speaker session with Ingrid Yuechen Zhao, a Senior Software Engineer at Apple, former Amazon Software Development Engineer, and career coach.
With over 10 years of experience in Big Tech, Ingrid will share practical insights and actionable advice to help students and early-career professionals successfully navigate the software engineering recruiting process.
In this session, you'll learn:
✨ How to build a resume that stands out to Big Tech recruiters
✨ Strategies for acing software engineering interviews
✨ What it's really like working as a software engineer at Apple and Amazon
✨ Career tips, lessons learned, and a live Q&A
📅 Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM PT
💻 Location: Zoom (link sent after registration)
🎟️ Cost: Free
Whether you're preparing for internships, new grad roles, or your next career move, this session is a great opportunity to gain insider knowledge directly from someone who's been through the journey.
Reserve your spot today — we look forward to seeing you there!
🌐 About Paira
Paira is an agentic networking platform redefining how the next generation accesses help, opportunity, and human connection. Skip the endless cold messages and profile-hunting — Paira matches you with the right people based on what you actually need.
✨ AI Matching — Start with one sentence. Our AI agents refine your request, recommend the right mentors, and speed up repetitive conversations.
✨ Request Marketplace — Get help on your exact ask (e.g., "I need a resume review from a UX designer"), not just based on profiles.
✨ Two-way Rewards — Easily switch between mentor and learner. Offer help, earn meaningful rewards.
A growing community of 500+ matches daily, across 36 schools and 30 companies.
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🎤 About the Paira Speaker Event Series
This event is part of the Paira Speaker Event Series — our free, community-driven speaker program built on a simple belief: career growth shouldn't be locked behind expensive bootcamps or insider networks.
We bring senior practitioners from top tech companies directly to you, free of charge, and create space for real conversations afterward through our peer community. Our goal is to help ambitious students and early-career professionals connect with high-quality peers and mentors they wouldn't otherwise have access to.
If today's session resonates with you, we'd love to have you stay involved — as a learner, mentor, future speaker, or community member.
Our Next Event will be: July 5, July 10, July 23
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