Summary
Charlee Li is a Staff Software Engineer based in Toronto with over a decade of hands-on experience building full-stack web, Linux/embedded, and Android systems. He has progressed from early ASP/PHP and Flash work to embedded C on Linux and now focuses on Python-backed web services, front-end engineering, and Android apps, contributing across architecture, implementation, testing and deployment. At companies from Douban and NEC to Coursera and Gusto he has led refactors, designed APIs and middleware, and run small engineering teams to deliver production systems using Django, Flask, Redis, Celery and modern front-end toolchains. He pairs deep systems-level knowledge (C/C++ and native Android) with pragmatic web engineering and a track record of optimizing performance and build/deploy automation. Notably, his background spans both product-facing mobile/UX work (including AR demos) and low-level embedded projects, giving him an unusual breadth that helps bridge product and platform engineering.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Engineering Analytics, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Engineering Analytics at University of Toronto
Japanese