Lei Zhang is a Software Engineering Manager based in Yokohama with 8 years of experience building mobile and connected-car applications, now leading an 8-person Kotlin Multiplatform team at Drivemode. He progressed from iOS engineer to tech lead and manager, balancing hands-on architecture and cross-platform delivery with coaching, career growth, and stakeholder alignment including partnerships with Honda. Comfortable bridging product and engineering, he excels at clarifying scope, removing blockers, and delivering milestones while still enjoying low-level work—his background includes embedded systems and years of iOS development at DJI and Rakuten Kobo. A multilingual engineer who moved to Japan in 2014, he brings both technical depth and a people-first leadership style that values passion-driven work and mentorship.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at The PLA Information Engineering University
Master's degree, Computer Technology, Master's degree, Computer Technology at Xidian University
Contributions:7 commits, 14 PRs, 31 pushes in 4 months
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Lei Zhang - Software Engineering Manager at Drivemode