Jonathan Seng
Assistant Director (Indonesia) at Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Singapore
Singapore
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Top SchoolJonathan Seng is a diplomatic professional with 11 years of experience in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, currently serving as First Secretary (Political) at the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta. Trained at Peking University and Georgetown (MA in Asian Studies, 3.85 GPA), he blends deep China expertise and research experience on U.S.-China relations with hands-on regional postings covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and China. Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin and a C1-level Bahasa Indonesia speaker, he pairs language skills with open-source Mandarin research and translation work that contributed to published analyses on Chinese foreign policy. A former research assistant to a senior US Asia policy scholar and intern at CSIS’s China Power Project, he brings both academic rigour and operational embassy experience to political reporting and bilateral engagement. Notably, his background spans frontline consular and defence experience as a former Vehicle Commander in the Singapore Armed Forces, reflecting a practical understanding of security alongside diplomatic practice.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Asian Studies, Master of Arts - MA, Asian Studies at Georgetown UniversityBachelor's degree, International Relations, Bachelor's degree, International Relations at Peking UniversityThe University of Hong Kong (HKU)GCE A Levels, Geography, China Studies in English, Mathematics, Economics, GCE A Levels, Geography, China Studies in English, Mathematics, Economics at Hwa Chong Institution
Chinese, Indonesian, Chinese, English
Github Skills (27)
hashicorp10
mermaid9
stm9
live-editor9
effects8
iterable8
terraform8
concurrent8
asynchronous8
testing7
functional-programming7
scala7
aws7
typesafe7
automation7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JonSEng/fluxx
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:32 commits, 19 pushes, 3 branches in 8 days
JonSEng/ocular_image_crawler
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:8 pushes, 5 branches in 12 days
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