Zilong Li account profile

Personal details

Zilong Li

Location

Lives in Berlin, Germany

Highlights

Software Design and Architecture_logo

Software Design and Architecture Specialization (University of Alberta)

Leading People and Teams_logo

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)

Algorithms_logo

Algorithms Specialization (Stanford University)

Highlights

Software Design and Architecture_logo

Software Design and Architecture Specialization (University of Alberta)

Leading People and Teams_logo

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)

Algorithms_logo

Algorithms Specialization (Stanford University)

Work preferences

Desired roles

Engineering Manager

(Lead / Manager)

Additional info

Links & Resume

Experience

Work history

Engineering Manager at Zalando

(April 2022 - June 2025)

★ Led cross-departmental & cross-functional projects with business impact. ★ Led architecture designs & implementations based on stakeholder requirements & first principles. ★ Owned critical tech infra with 24x7 support that all fashion and technical partners rely on. ★ Hands-on experience in hiring, team building, restructuring, & people leadership. ★ Led the infrastructure scaling for multiple Cyber Week sales events. ★ Advocated AI use and awareness in product experiments and via tech talks.

Senior Software Engineer at Delivery Hero

(July 2020 - April 2022)

★ Hired & onboarded software engineers and QA analysts, helped with team splits. ★ Built containerised microservices with Python, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, & GCP. ★ Implemented data pipelines using PubSub, BigQuery, DataFlow, Datadog, Redis, & AirFlow. ★ Coordinated product launches in global markets, including EU, MENA, LatAm, & APAC. ★ Wrote the billing software that processed all 30 million euros of monthly global ad revenue.

Software Engineer at Delivery Hero

(April 2019 - July 2020)

Delivery Hero is a global market leader in food & grocery delivery, operating with localised brands in about 40 countries around the world. ★ Built a Cost-Per-Click ad product that was generating 15 million euros in monthly revenue. ★ Established coding guidelines in the team and refactored all Python projects. ★ Discovered & fixed a bug that didn’t charge cancelled bookings that saved millions of euros. ★ Developed RESTful APIs using Python, Golang, Postgres, Docker, GCP, & Kubernetes.

Education

Credentials

Kyung Hee University

Bachelor's degree in Business, graduated August 2018

August 2014 - August 2018

Software Design and Architecture_logo

Software Design and Architecture Specialization (University of Alberta)

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Systems Design
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming

Completed January 2026

Leading People and Teams_logo

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)

Category: Human Resources
Category: Leadership and Management
Category: People Development
Category: Strategy and Operations
Category: Leadership Development

Completed February 2022

Courses

University of Alberta_logo

University of Alberta · Course

Service-Oriented Architecture

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Software Architecture

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Completed January 2026

University of Alberta_logo

University of Alberta · Course

Software Architecture

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Product Design
Category: Software Architecture
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Cloud Applications

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Completed January 2026

University of Alberta_logo

University of Alberta · Course

Design Patterns

Category: Organizational Development
Category: Software-Defined Networking
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Software Engineering

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Completed December 2025