Platform & DevOps engineer with 15 years across global enterprises, scaling product companies, and fast-moving startups. I build the things that make everyone else fast — golden paths, self-service tooling, guardrails, and security baked in by default. I keep production healthy on Kubernetes across AWS and GCP, and I’m a little obsessed with observability: seeing the whole system at once and catching strain before it becomes an incident. The best work I do is the kind nobody notices — the team just ships better because the platform underneath works.
Experience
Chaos Theory — Senior Platform EngineerApr 2024 – Present
Hong Kong SAR
- Define guidelines and guardrails that embed engineering best practices and security by default across teams.
- Design and build internal tools that reduce friction and standardize workflows.
- Operate production workloads on GCP and Kubernetes for reliability, scalability, and secure configuration.
- Set up monitoring and alerting for security events and resource stress — earlier detection, faster response.
- Cut cloud costs by optimizing network architecture, right-sizing workloads, and removing redundant resources.
ExpressVPNNov 2016 – Apr 2024
Hong Kong SAR · 7 yrs 6 mos
Senior Software Engineer, Platform & DevOpsNov 2022 – Apr 2024
- Built golden paths and self-service platform tooling that reduced setup friction and standardized delivery across engineering teams.
Senior Software Engineer, Client AppsJan 2019 – Oct 2022
- Architected secure, high-efficiency release automation (“release trains”) shipping apps to 4M+ users multiple times a week.
- Streamlined releases across Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Lead Quality Assurance DeveloperNov 2016 – Jan 2019
- Led a global team of 10+ QA engineers building automated tests across 5 platforms, cutting manual testing time by 90%.
LKK Health Products Group — Senior QA EngineerDec 2015 – Nov 2016
Hong Kong
- Enabled developers to write tests by building tools, frameworks, and CI pipelines.
- Championed testing and code-review best practices across teams.
Powa Technologies — Software Engineer in TestApr 2014 – Dec 2015
Hong Kong
- Built Appium automated tests and internal tooling for omnichannel commerce across laptop, tablet, and mobile.
BlackBerry — Automation Test DeveloperMay 2012 – Dec 2013
Hong Kong
- Developed automated tests for BlackBerry 10 OS devices.
Clear2Pay — Software EngineerJul 2011 – Mar 2012
Shenzhen, China
- Built and maintained payment hub solutions for BNP Paribas.
U-Freight ICIL — Software EngineerMar 2010 – Jun 2011
Shenzhen, China
- Developed software for freight and logistics operations.
Certifications
Kubernetes & Cloud Native
KCSA · KCNA · CKAD
AWS
Solutions Architect — Professional & Associate · SysOps Administrator — Associate · Developer — Associate
HashiCorp
Terraform Associate
PMI
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Languages
English — Full Professional
Cantonese — Native
Mandarin — Native
Hokkien / Taiwanese — Native
Education
University of Southampton, UK · 2008–2009
MSc, Web Technology — Distinction
University of Kent, UK · 2007–2008
MSc, Computer Science — Merit
Xiamen University of Technology · 2003–2007
BSc, Computer Science & Technology