Summary
Fei Zhan is a Java-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable data platforms and developer-facing features across companies like Salesforce, SAP, DataVisor, and currently eBay. He has a strong track record in real-time risk systems, optimizing memory and infrastructure to cut costs, and delivering end-to-end features spanning data engineering, ML, and visualization. Comfortable across the full stack, Fei pairs backend expertise in Java, Spring, Kafka, and Flink with front-end experience in React and visualization tooling. More recently he has contributed to improving AI-generated code and evaluation processes at Outlier.ai, combining hands-on coding with nuanced human feedback for GenAI training. Based in Vancouver, he holds a Master’s in Computing Science from Simon Fraser and often blends practical engineering with efficiency-focused architecture decisions that reduce operational footprint.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Automation, Bachelor of Engineering Automation at Zhejiang University
Master’s Degree Computing Science, Master’s Degree Computing Science at Simon Fraser University
English, Chinese