# Gefei Zhang

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gefei

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ ThoughtSpot
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Search Team:
- Leveraged LLM on natural language question answering and data querying
- Improved accuracy of results by performing prompt engineering and updating heuristics
- Maintained the NL query benchmark and evaluated the performance of our services periodically

Growth Team:
- Developed the APIs for in-app notifications and integrated with email and user behavior tracking systems

### Application Developer Summer Intern @ Atsign
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
•	Designed the "atSpaceChat" application, where users can talk to strangers in an easy and secure way
•	Learned Flutter & Dart and worked with an international team virtually to build the app on the @platform in an end-to-end encrypted approach to ensure all messages on the app are private 
•	Practiced Agile Development, prepared project timeline and joined weekly/daily meetings to keep the project on track
•	Gave pitch deck to internal developers and external investors on public demo days
•	Assisted in hosting the FHIR hackathon and talked as a previous hackathon winner in the opening ceremony

### Prime Brokerage Operations Analyst @ Morgan Stanley
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States
•	Monitored equity derivatives trading activities for hedge fund clients and performed trade reconciliation by investigating discrepancies with trading desk/brokers and clients/vendors to ensure accurate and timely reporting
•	Built VBA macros to improve the efficiency in tracking and reporting the daily progress in resolving breaks (KRI) data processing and reporting, reducing from 1 hour to 10 minutes
•	Enhanced risk metrics by working with risk team and IT team to update methodology and data sources
•	Identified recurring issues in data capture and worked with IT team to update methodology and improve efficiency

### Intern @ United Nations
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York, United States
• Assisted officers in preparing budgets for UN projects, such as Special Political Missions (SPMs) and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT), by auditing previous budget performance, identifying specific country risks and evaluating new expenses
• Reviewed budget drafts to ensure the compliance with missions, guidelines and regulations
• Maintained the integrity of data on both budgeting documents databases and shared drives
• Reviewed and updated the budget forms for 2018 special political missions


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Columbia University

### Master of Science - MS in Financial Mathematics
Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management

### Bachelor's degree in Finance, General
Zhejiang University of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sophiazh

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Last updated: 2026-03-29