Summary
Chris Zhu is an Associate Software Engineer based in Chicago with 10 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and APIs across financial services and healthcare. At Capital One he works on Documents Metadata APIs and previously contributed to card partnerships data and field services, applying TypeScript/Angular and backend skills to deliver business-facing features. His background includes multiple internships where he shipped REST services, web portals, and data-driven tooling using technologies like Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, C#, and React, demonstrating comfort across the stack. A University of Illinois alumnus with an MCS and a BS in Statistics & Computer Science, he pairs strong academic foundations with practical Agile experience. Notably, he has a track record of turning intern projects into production value—boosting credit card applicant preapproval workflows and packaging internal services for broader team use.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at William Fremd High School
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish, Chinese