Summary
Jinkai Z is a Senior Software Engineer based in Auckland with seven years of experience building reliable, cloud-native .NET systems and APIs. He brings strong full-stack skills across C#, Python, JavaScript and Java, and deep familiarity with distributed systems tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, gRPC, Kubernetes and Docker. At ASB Bank he applies production-grade observability and resiliency patterns (Prometheus, Grafana, Serilog, Polly) to financial services workloads, while prior roles spanned test automation and project delivery in photonics and engineering domains. Comfortable with both relational and NoSQL datastores (MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase) and multiple DI, caching and ORM strategies, he focuses on pragmatic integrations that reduce latency and operational risk. Jinkai’s background in structural engineering and project management gives him a systems-thinking approach to complex problems and cross-disciplinary collaboration. He combines hands-on implementation with an emphasis on testability and observability, making him effective at shipping maintainable, production-ready software.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE(Hons), Bachelor of Engineering - BE(Hons) at The University of Auckland
Diploma of Engineering Technology, Diploma of Engineering Technology at Unitec Institute of Technology