Zhenhao Lei is a data engineering leader with 12 years of software engineering experience, currently directing Data Engineering at Mastercard from Boston. He progressed through hands-on engineering and team leadership roles at SessionM, moving from SDK development to principal integration engineering before transitioning to enterprise-scale data platforms. Zhenhao combines deep technical chops from an MS in Computer Science with practical product and integration experience, enabling reliable, scalable data pipelines for high-throughput payments and marketing systems. Known for translating complex integration requirements into maintainable systems, he balances strategic architecture with mentoring engineering teams. His cross-cultural education and career—rooted in China and refined in the U.S.—bring a global perspective to building distributed data solutions.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Bachelor of Engineering (BE) at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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