Zihui Z.

Zihui Z. has extensive work experience in various roles and industries.

At Zuora, Zihui currently holds the position of Senior Software Engineer, which they started in May 2023. Prior to this role, Zihui worked as a Software Engineer at the same company from September 2021 to May 2023.

Before joining Zuora, Zihui was a Backend Engineer at data.ai from May 2019 to September 2021. In this role, they were responsible for developing and maintaining backend APIs for App Annie Pulse, a mobile app providing real-time information on trends, markets, and competition. Zihui successfully improved user experience by optimizing a key backend API, making it five times faster through the implementation of cache, asynchronous workflow, and high-quality code.

Zihui's previous role was as a Data Engineer at Pocoweb from July 2018 to April 2019. Their contributions in this position included leading data migration and product optimization projects. As a result of these efforts, the runtime of key products, such as customer journey and ads intelligence, significantly improved from approximately five hours to just 500 milliseconds. Zihui utilized tools such as ClickHouse, Docker, Docker Compose, and Snowplow for these projects.

Prior to their work in the tech industry, Zihui gained experience as a Data Analyst at First Future Education Solutions, Inc. from April 2017 to April 2018. They also held teaching roles, including Cantonese Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania from January 2016 to May 2017, English Teacher at the Philadelphia Senior Center from August 2016 to April 2017, and English Instructor at the Nationalities Service Center from January 2017 to March 2017.

Zihui Z. obtained a Master's Degree in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, from the year 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's Degree in Language Interpretation and Translation from the Macao Polytechnic University, from 2011 to 2015. Additionally, Zihui undertook studies in English Language and Literature, General at Peking University from 2013 to 2014, although no specific degree was mentioned. They also obtained certifications in Applied Data Science with Python from Coursera in July 2018, and in Understanding the Greek Philosophy from Coursera in April 2015.