Summary
Zhongliu Li is a backend-focused software engineer based in Berkeley with a UC Berkeley Applied Math/CS background and over a decade of professional experience, including four years specializing in backend engineering at Ellie Mae and Microsoft and current work at TikTok. He has designed and implemented complex distributed systems, monolithic applications, and REST APIs using Java, Python, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and AWS, and is comfortable operating across high-throughput messaging and cloud infrastructure. Colleagues describe him as a collaborative teammate who actively shares knowledge to raise team capability and code quality. Notably, his trajectory spans both fintech and large consumer platforms, giving him practical experience balancing reliability and rapid iteration in production systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Math Major, Computer Science cluster, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Applied Math Major, Computer Science cluster at University of California, Berkeley
Chinese, English