Summary
Jing (Ethan) Li is an assistant researcher at Tsinghua University and a full-stack programmer with nine years of experience spanning academic research, MLOps, and fintech entrepreneurship. He holds an M.Sc. in Cyber Security from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and has contributed to research groups at IIIF, the Institute of Information Engineering (CAS), and internships at Carnegie Mellon and HKU. Jing combines hands-on systems and security expertise with product focus—since 2024 he has also been CEO of SeerTech, an Estonia-based FinTech startup. His background includes leading roles from CTO and co-founder to campus scout, reflecting a mix of technical leadership and ecosystem-building. Based in Beijing, he is actively seeking a part-time PhD opportunity to formalize his research trajectory while continuing to scale practical deployments. Unusually for someone rooted in security research, he frames his career with candid personal motivation, emphasizing happiness and growth alongside technical impact.
9 years of coding experience