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Total Exp ~12 years (2014.07 – Present; 1 year mobile, 8 years full-stack/backend, 1 year ML/big data, 2 years AI-focused)
Nationality Chinese
Current Organization TEKsystems (outsourced to HSBC Bank) — title: AI Full Stack Engineer / Specialist Engineering
Work Permit Chinese citizen — no work permit required for mainland China
Current Salary redacted
Expected Salary ~450k CNY/year
Notice Period Two weeks
Education Beijing Forestry University — Digital Media Arts, Bachelor (Dropout, 2013–2014); Guangdong University of Foreign Studies — Computer Application, Associate Degree (Self-study, 2022–Present, 13/17 courses passed)
Interview Availability 10am – 10pm HKT
TOEIC Score Not taken. IELTS Academics 6.5 (Reading 8.5)

Hi, I’m Zhiwei.

I’m a software engineer with 12 years of experience spanning iOS, Android, frontend, backend, and AI. I’ve worked across live-streaming startups, cloud computing platforms, China internet products, and financial systems at Singapore and Hong Kong banks. I’m actively moving into AI engineering — training GPT-2 with nanoGPT on H200 GPUs, consuming ~3 billion tokens via LLM APIs (~500M last month alone), building personal agents and automation tools. I ranked top 6% in AI assistant usage globally at my current employer. I want a role where AI, agents, and LLM work are the main job — not a side project.

📌 Highlights

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Life Portfolio https://lzwjava.github.io/life-portfolio-en
## 🔍 Why I’m Looking

My current job at the bank has been going well — I’ve been performing strongly (top 20% among contractors at my vendor, top 6% in AI assistant usage globally at my employer). But due to some project change and some other reasons, I will leave at the end of July 2026 to pursue the next chapter on my own terms.

My primary motivation is becoming fully AI-centric. I have technical idols — Yin Wang, Andrej Karpathy, Wenfeng Liang, Greg Brockman — and I want to grow in the direction they represent: deeply technical, AI-first, and building things that genuinely help companies and users. My current role only involves AI tooling at the edges, and I want AI, agents, and LLM systems to be the core of my work.

My plan is two-pronged:

  1. Start a one-person company — I’ve built multiple products end-to-end before (Fun Live, Square Root Technology, 3M CNY revenue), and I want to ship AI-native products and services independently. I have the infrastructure (RunPod H200, RTX 4070, 3B tokens/year of API usage), the tools (ww, iclaw, nanoGPT), and the domain knowledge to build real AI solutions for clients and users.

  2. Explore AI startup opportunities — I’m interviewing with AI startups and AI-focused roles to see what’s out there. If there’s a compelling mission with the right team, I’d join over going solo. I’m open to early founding member, founding engineer, or IC roles where AI systems are the product, not a side activity.

That said, given my reality, contractor or permanent positions at big banks that combine AI with backend or full-stack engineering are welcome too — I know that space well and can contribute immediately. But my strong preference is for positions where AI, agents, or LLM work are central.

Compensation improvement is a secondary but real motivation. Leaving means giving up a stable income stream, and I want whatever comes next — whether a company or a role — to better reflect my experience and output.

🏢 Work Experience

Company Role Period
TEKsystems → HSBC Bank (contractor) AI Engineer 2025.02 – Present
Freelancer ML & AI Projects 2023.08 – 2025.01
Farben Information (outsourced to HSBC PayMe) Backend Engineer 2022.11 – 2023.07
Beyondsoft (outsourced to DBS Bank) Backend Engineer 2021.12 – 2022.11
Freelancer Full Stack & Consulting 2020.01 – 2021.11
Square Root Technology (Fun Live app) Founder & Full Stack Engineer 2016.07 – 2019.12
CodeReview.cn Co-founder & Full Stack Engineer 2015.11 – 2016.07
LeanCloud Software Engineer 2014.07 – 2015.11

🎓 Education

School Major Period
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Computer Application, Associate Degree (Self-study, 13/17 courses passed) 2022.10 – Present
Beijing Forestry University Digital Media Arts, Bachelor (Dropout) 2013.09 – 2014.06
Guangzhou Yuyan Middle School Science Track 2007.07 – 2013.06

💼 Roles I am open to

I am flexible and open to multiple engineering directions:

I am not limited to pure research roles — I focus on building real systems and shipping products.

🏢 Work Arrangement

Open to:

🌍 Location Flexibility

💰 Compensation Expectation

Flexible depending on scope, responsibility, and growth potential.

🧠 Technical Background

🌐 Language Ability

🏅 Certificates

I’m open to discussing any roles where AI, systems engineering, and real product development intersect.

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