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Note: This post is intended for friends and connections outside my current workplace. If you are a colleague or manager from my current employer, please kindly ignore this post.

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 ~1 billion tokens via LLM APIs, building personal agents and automation tools, and running 20+ active agent sessions daily. 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

🔍 Why I’m Looking

I’m currently employed with strong performance — top 20% among contractors at my vendor, and top 6% in AI assistant usage globally at my employer. My primary motivation for looking is compensation improvement. My current package is below where I’d like to be, and I want a role that better reflects my experience and output.

The bank has a contractor-to-permanent conversion policy, but slots are limited and another peer is also in the queue. Progression within my current group is slow despite my best efforts and expressed interest in converting. Looking externally is the more realistic path forward.

Full-stack and backend roles are welcome. My preference is for positions where AI, agents, or LLM work are central — I’ve been deeply invested in this space outside of work hours and want a role that matches that direction.

🏢 Work Experience

Company Role Period
Global IT firm → Global UK bank (contractor) Backend 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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