Zunping Cheng

About Zunping Cheng

Senior Engineering Leader | Scalable Platforms | AI & Payments ExpertI am a technology-driven leader with 15+ years in software engineering, including 8+ years leading engineering teams across high-growth startups and global enterprises. I have built and scaled platforms processing $XXB+ in transactions, launched a revenue stream, and spearheaded AI adoption in property management SaaS. I specialize in driving end-to-end engineering strategy and execution, leading initiatives that increased productivity by 30% for engineers.Technical Expertise:Cloud Computing (AWS)| Microservices Architecture | Large-Scale Distributed Systems | Data Platforms | SQL/NoSQL Databases | Distributed Data Processing | Enterprise InfrastructureDomain Knowledge:E-commerce | Payments & Cross-Border Transactions | AI-Powered PropTech | Ridesharing | Enterprise SaaS | Recommender SystemsI thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments, leading cross-functional teams and fostering a culture of innovation, execution, and scalability. Always open to connecting and discussing cutting-edge technology, leadership, and scaling engineering organizations.

Experience

1. Engineering Leader

   Meta

   Jun 2025 — Present · Menlo Park, CA, US

Education

• University College Dublin

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Informatics

  2007 — 2010

• Fudan University

  BSc and MSc, Computer Science

Skills

• Data Mining
• Machine Learning
• Python
• Information Retrieval
• Java
• C++
• C
• Linux
• Software Development
• Unix
• Computer Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sql
• Software Engineering
• Enterprise Software
• Algorithms
• Perl
• Amazon Redshift
• Hive
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Mongodb
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Restful Architecture
• Nosql
• Amazon Sqs
• Amazon S3
• Splunk
• Kibana
• Payment Services
• Big Data