Curriculum Vitae | Original
Zhiwei Li
Guangzhou, China · lzwjava@gmail.com · GitHub · Portfolio
INTRODUCTION
Senior backend / full-stack engineer with 11+ years of professional experience (8 years in corporate roles, 3 years freelancing). Specialize in backend systems, cloud-native services, performance engineering, and practical machine-learning projects. Strong track record building production systems (Java, Spring, Python), mobile apps (iOS / Android), developer automation, and technical writing. Currently working as a backend engineer on banking systems (HSBC) through an outsourcing engagement.
EDUCATION
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies — Associate Degree, Computer Application (in progress) Oct 2022 — Present Passed 9 courses including Operating Systems, Data Structures, Advanced Programming, Advanced Mathematics, Database, Computer Organization.
Beijing Forestry University — Digital Media Arts (dropout) Sep 2013 — Jun 2014
Guangzhou Yuyan Middle School — Science Track, Middle School Diploma Jul 2007 — Jun 2013
EXPERIENCE
Meitai Technology Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. — Backend Engineer (outsourced to HSBC)
Feb 2025 — Present, Guangzhou
- Backend development and optimization for HSBC Finance Transformation Platform module.
- Implemented data import/validation/export flows and enhanced submission/approval lifecycles for financial headers; gained practical accounting and ledger exposure.
- Owned features end-to-end: development → UAT → production; authored ~500 technical guides used by teammates.
- Built automation and vertical Copilot agents: ~300 reusable scripts and 20 specialized agents to boost productivity.
- Tech: Java, Spring, IBM Db2, Maven, Nexus, Angular, Python, IBM WebSphere, Control-M.
Freelancer — Full Stack / ML Engineer
Aug 2023 — Jan 2025
- Reimplemented and analyzed ~30 ML example projects (PyTorch, TensorFlow); completed DeepLearning.AI specializations.
- Built an AI-powered Story Bot (Claude API) with Flask + React; deployed on AWS with Prometheus + ELK monitoring.
- Experimented with embeddings, llama.cpp, rerankers, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Maintained technical blog (431 posts); created multi-language translation and TTS publishing pipelines.
Shenzhen Farben Information Technology Co. — Backend Engineer (HSBC PayMe)
Nov 2022 — Jul 2023
- Implemented PayMe Auto Top-Up: monitored Azure EventHub, handled post-payment events, applied AOP for audit logging.
- Participated in cloud migration and API refactoring; improved routing and secure DB access.
- Tech: Java, Spring, Kafka, Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps.
Beyondsoft Guangzhou Co., Ltd. — Backend Engineer (DBS Bank)
Dec 2021 — Nov 2022
- Built equity trading and mutual funds microservices for DBS Client Connect and DigiBank CN.
- Implemented pre-trade checks, integrated Avaloq APIs, automated test generation for Karate.
- Tech: Java, Spring Cloud, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Kibana.
Beijing Square Root Inc. — Founder & Full Stack Engineer
Jul 2016 — Dec 2019
- Launched and operated Fun Live (knowledge live platform): 30k users, ~80 lectures, millions pageviews. Full-stack ownership (PHP, Vue, Laravel, Redis, RTMP).
- Raised ≈¥500k, managed product & operations, delivered 50 client projects during consulting phase.
Delicious Bookmarks (LeanCloud) — Software Engineer
Jul 2014 — Nov 2015
- Contributed to LeanCloud Objective-C / Java SDKs and demo apps (LeanChat iOS/Android). Gained early cloud product experience.
Certificates
- Beijing Forestry University Dropout Certificate
- China Higher Education Official Report (Bachelor Education, Dropout Status)
- IELTS Academics, Score 6
- Machine Learning Specialization Course Completion Certificate, provided by DeepLearning.AI and Standford University
- Deep Learning Specialization Course Completion Certificate, provided by DeepLearning.AI
- Developing on AWS, provided by AWS Training
AWARDS
- Won first prize among Guangzhou contestants in the first round of the 2011 Guangdong NOIP (National Olympiad in Informatics in Provinces); advanced to the second round without a prize; likely ranked in the top 300.
- 2014 Beijing Blue Bridge Cup Competition First Prize.