Xiu-hong Kooi
Software Engineer at Stripe
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolXiu-hong Kooi is a software engineer with nine years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across fintech, travel, and trust & safety domains. Currently at Stripe after recent stints leading engineering efforts at TikTok and McKinsey, they specialize in backend architectures, event-driven systems (Kafka), and internal tooling that balance performance and cost. They've led end-to-end product launches—owning codebases, deployments, and technical documentation—while coaching junior engineers and driving infrastructure foundations. Comfortable across Java, TypeScript, Python, Spring Boot, React and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), they blend hands-on coding with clear design artifacts and docs. Notably, their work on extreme-risk livestream interactions and integrating Kafka into legacy platforms highlights a pragmatic focus on safety and scalability. Trained at Cambridge (MPhil) and Newcastle (BSc), they pair academic rigor with practical delivery in fast-moving environments.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy - MPhil Advanced Computer Science, Master of Philosophy - MPhil Advanced Computer Science at University of CambridgeBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Newcastle University
English, Chinese, Malay
Github Skills (22)
spring10
google-places10
java10
places-autocomplete10
spring-boot10
google-places-autocomplete9
react-android9
autocomplete8
mapstruct6
rest-api6
react6
annotation-processor6
api6
rest6
javabeans5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kooixh/spring-boot-scaffolding
May 2020 - Apr 2023
Basic Spring Boot Template for a microservice
Contributions:8 PRs, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
spring-bootspring-boot-templatespringmicroservicesmicroservice
kooixh/rewrite-system
Jul 2019 - Jul 2022
My third year University dissertation, Term Rewriting System
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes, 1 comment in 3 years 1 month
termrewritingterm-rewritingrewriting-system
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