Long Zhang is an Infrastructure Lead and Ph.D. in Computer Science with 11 years of experience designing and operating resilient, secure systems across enterprise and blockchain environments. Currently running validator infrastructure at Firstset and maintaining InfraKitchen, he combines research-grade rigor from his KTH PhD with hands-on SRE practice honed at Electrolux and Tencent. His background spans product development, university-industry programs, and large-scale operations, giving him a unique ability to translate academic reliability research into production-hardened infrastructure. Based in Stockholm, he focuses on validator resilience and distributed-system reliability while quietly bridging open-source maintenance and commercial deployment.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master's degree Software Engineering, Master's degree Software Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology
Backstage plugin that controls your cloud costs just in the way how you control your bank accounts
Contributions:13 releases, 30 reviews, 98 PRs in 10 months
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