8+ years building large-scale backend systems in Java. From distributed payment platforms at Finfare to open-source work at Meta, I architect systems that are reliable, observable, and built to scale.
I grew up in Jingzhou, a small city along the Yangtze River. Then I spent four incredible years in Yichang — a place with mountains, clear rivers, and scenery so beautiful it barely felt real — getting my bachelor's degree and having some of the best years of my life.
Around that time, the show Silicon Valley was everywhere. I thought those engineers were the coolest people alive — building things from nothing, changing the world from a garage. So I messaged a friend who actually worked in Silicon Valley and asked: "How do I get there?" That one conversation changed everything.
I started learning Java, built little games, and immediately got hooked — there's something magical about writing a few lines of code and watching something come to life. After entering the workforce, the scale shifted dramatically: from toy projects to distributed systems serving millions of users, automating manual workflows that used to take entire teams days to complete. That's when I realized coding wasn't just fun — it was powerful.
From Shanghai to California, from startup chaos to Meta open source to building payment infrastructure at Finfare — every step has been driven by the same feeling I had watching that show: I want to build things that matter, and I want to be ridiculously good at it.
Building distributed payment systems at Finfare. Looking for my next challenge — ideally a team that cares about system design, code quality, and shipping things that actually work.
Also: trying to finish Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (page 94, don't judge me).
A backend or full-stack role at a team that builds real products, moves thoughtfully, and isn't afraid to refactor. Bonus points if the codebase has tests and someone cares about the on-call rotation.
Open to: distributed systems, fintech, infra, platform engineering.
Open to full-time backend / full-stack engineering roles in the US. Feel free to reach out via email or connect on LinkedIn.