Summary
Gwen Zhou is a Research Software Engineer based in Sheffield with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack applications and data-driven systems. She combines a strong Java backend pedigree (Spring, MongoDB) with modern frontend work in React/Gatsby and Node.js, and recently applies those skills to research software at The University of Manchester. Her background spans government ERP and health-service projects, e-commerce platforms, and legacy uplift efforts—showing a pragmatic ability to maintain, refactor and extend systems across the stack. With an MSc in Big Data Analytics and practical exposure to SQL, GraphQL and Azure DevOps, she bridges analytical insight and production engineering. Outside code, she’s a guitarist, hinting at a creative, methodical approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computer Software Engineering, GPA 3.84, Bsc, Computer Software Engineering, GPA 3.84 at Donghua University
Msc, Big Data Analytics, Msc, Big Data Analytics at Sheffield Hallam University
Bsc, Computer Engineering, Bsc, Computer Engineering at Mid Sweden University
English, Chinese