Summary
Michael Ma is a senior software engineer based in Singapore with 10 years of experience building scalable backend systems and full-stack web applications for fintech, e-commerce, security, and gaming companies. He blends a strong computer science foundation (MS in Intelligent Systems) with practical expertise in Python, Django, React, big data, recommender systems, and iOS development, having shipped production features at Shopee, Sea, ADVANCE.AI and now Abnormal AI. His work spans ML-driven personalization and ads ranking to fintech and security SaaS, demonstrating an ability to translate data and models into robust, maintainable services. Comfortable in remote-first, async teams, he brings both system-level thinking and hands-on implementation chops. Beyond engineering, his background in geographic information systems and a penchant for travel hint at a curious, cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science - Intelligent Systems, Master of Science - MS Computer Science - Intelligent Systems at Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor of Science - BS Geographic Information System, Bachelor of Science - BS Geographic Information System at Zhejiang University
Chinese, English