Zilong Li account profile
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Zilong Li
Lives in Berlin, Germany
Highlights

Software Design and Architecture Specialization (University of Alberta)

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)

Algorithms Specialization (Stanford University)
Highlights

Software Design and Architecture Specialization (University of Alberta)

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)

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 Specialization (University of Alberta)
Completed January 2026

Leading People and Teams Specialization (University of Michigan)
Completed February 2022
Courses

University of Alberta · Course
Service-Oriented Architecture
Completed January 2026

University of Alberta · Course
Software Architecture
Completed January 2026

University of Alberta · Course
Design Patterns
Completed December 2025


