Zhi Chong
Chief Technology Officer at Shortcut Asia (formerly Suria Labs)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Summary
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Top SchoolZhi Chong is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO based in Kuala Lumpur with 12 years of experience building and scaling product teams for VC-backed startups and enterprises across fintech, banking, e-commerce, marketplace and blockchain. At Shortcut Asia he grew and mentors a ~30-strong engineering organization, introduced a formal engineering career progression framework, and combines democratic leadership with hands-on involvement in hiring, pre-sales, account and resource planning. He began his career as an early R&D and startup engineer, giving him a strong product-focused full‑stack background and a practical appreciation for bootstrapped, cross-border engineering cultures. A First Class Computer Science graduate and certified Professional Scrum Master, he also co-founded the React KL meetup in 2017, underlining his commitment to local developer community building.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) Specialized in Software Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) Specialized in Software Engineering at Multimedia University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (52)
aws-s39
react8
aws-amplify8
android8
aws8
barrage8
storage8
amplify8
ui-components8
react-native8
cloud-services7
nodejs7
javascript7
ios7
aws-apigateway7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
laxxers/wanderlust
Mar 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
reactexpensestraveljavascriptfirebase
laxxers/clash-royale-api
Apr 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 1 year
apiclashrestfulclash-royaleroyale
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