Summary
Zelong Cong is a Technical Lead based in Melbourne with nine years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and hardening cloud infrastructure. At Officeworks he progressed from software engineer to technical lead, driving microservices, micro-frontends and AWS improvements while keeping a strong stance against tech debt. His background includes diverse stacks—React/Redux, Node.js, TypeScript, Docker, Kafka/RabbitMQ, and Python frameworks—from work at the University of Melbourne to earlier systems roles—giving him both academic rigor and operational discipline. Known as a pragmatic problem solver, he pairs architectural thinking with feature-level coding and a taste for challenging problems. Though his GitHub bio playfully calls him "new," his track record shows steady growth into leadership and platform-focused engineering.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Detection Guidance and Control Technologies, Bachelor's degree, Detection Guidance and Control Technologies at Harbin Institute of Technology
The University of Melbourne