Summary
Fangzhou Cheng is a data engineer with 11 years' experience building and operating large-scale, event-driven data platforms for organizations from startups to Apple. Combining a background in broadcast journalism and an MS in Management and Systems, he excels at translating hard, business-facing questions into production-grade ETL and analytics pipelines across AWS, GCP, Spark/Databricks, Kafka, Airflow and Kubernetes. He has driven cross-functional impact at companies including Arrival, King and Facebook, bridging C-level cost and strategy conversations with hands-on implementation of observability, streaming and batch architectures. Known for shipping flexible, maintainable code under data volume and reliability pressure, he pairs curiosity about big problems with pragmatic engineering. Based in London, he brings uncommon communication skills for aligning stakeholders and engineering teams on measurable data outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Broadcast Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Broadcast Journalism at Jinan University
Master of Science (MS) Management and Systems, Master of Science (MS) Management and Systems at New York University
Chinese, English