Zhizhou Qian
Director Of Engineering at Sea
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolZhizhou Qian is a Director of Engineering based in Singapore with 11 years of experience building and scaling payments and marketplace platforms at Sea. He progressed from software engineer to senior leadership roles within Shopee, leading ShopeePay and now overseeing engineering for Shopee Marketplace, demonstrating deep domain expertise in fintech and e-commerce systems. Zhizhou combines hands-on technical grounding from early software and internship roles at Microsoft and Taobao with advanced quantitative training from an MS in Financial Engineering at NUS. Known for turning complex payment and transaction challenges into reliable production services, he balances product delivery, risk-aware design, and cross-functional team leadership. His career shows a pattern of internal promotion and long-tenure impact, signaling strong operational ownership and the ability to grow engineering capability at scale. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic leader who pairs technical rigor with a focus on measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelorâs Degree Computer Science, Bachelorâs Degree Computer Science at Zhejiang UniversityMaster of Science - MS Financial Engineering, Master of Science - MS Financial Engineering at National University of Singapore
Github Skills (12)
syncthing5
android-ndk5
proxmox4
ovirt3
vnc-client3
vnc-server3
spice3
android3
vnc3
java2
rdp2
remote-desktop2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tsarzju/two-year
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 days
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