Gene Wu is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with 14 years of engineering leadership experience building cloud-native, scalable platforms across fintech, e-commerce, and education. Currently leading Cabital’s technology strategy in Shanghai, he blends traditional finance rigor with blockchain products to deliver regulated, high-yield crypto offerings. Previously he scaled engineering organizations at italki, EF, eBay and SAP—driving microservices migrations, DevOps adoption, and measurable performance improvements. Known for reorganizing teams for agility and shipping API-first architectures, he pairs pragmatic product sensibilities with deep delivery experience across backend, mobile, and platform engineering. A mechanical engineering graduate from Tongji, he’s equally comfortable with technical roadmaps and hands-on architecture decisions, and often focuses on building systems he’d personally want to use.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Tongji University
Contributions:2 reviews, 30 PRs, 51 pushes in 7 months
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