Summary
Zhuo-fei Hui is a backend engineer based in Berlin with over a decade of experience building web and distributed systems across startups, agencies, and product teams. Originally a Ruby specialist, he has evolved into a polyglot developer comfortable with TypeScript, Python, Elixir and PHP, and has shipped everything from monoliths to microservices and serverless architectures. He’s worked as an individual contributor, co-owner, staff engineer and freelancer, and has taken on roles in data engineering, DevOps, project management and Scrum facilitation—bringing a pragmatic, cross-functional mindset to product delivery. Active in the tech community, he mentors juniors, gives talks, and has organized in-house tech book clubs, reflecting a focus on continuous learning and knowledge sharing. At SoundCloud and previous companies like Blinkist and DaWanda he’s balanced solving tricky engineering problems with a priority for meaningful outcomes and collaborative teams.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Technische Universität Berlin
German, Chinese, English, French