Summary
Jacob Zhang is a software engineer based in Munich with 10 years of experience building full-stack web applications and backend services, currently contributing to Siemens Xcelerator. He has a strong academic foundation (MSc in Informatics with distinction) and international exposure from exchange semesters at NUS and NTU, which informs his pragmatic, globally-minded engineering approach. At Siemens R&D he shipped features, refactored legacy systems, and improved CI/CD practices, while earlier roles ranged from automotive software development to systems administration for a small trading firm. He also has teaching experience at TUM, mentoring cohorts of 20–40 students in algorithms and informatics, which highlights his ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly. Colleagues describe him as a steady problem-solver who balances rigorous engineering with attention to maintainability and testability.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange semester (TUMexchange), Computer Science, Exchange semester (TUMexchange), Computer Science at National Taiwan University
Abitur, 1.3 (max 1.0), Abitur, 1.3 (max 1.0) at Gymnasium Oberalster
Minor, Psychology, Minor, Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatics at Technical University of Munich
Exchange semester (TUMexchange), Computer Science, Exchange semester (TUMexchange), Computer Science at National University of Singapore
German, English, Chinese, Japanese, French