# Kiki ZHU

> Software Engineer @ MarketAxess | CMU Alumni - Info Sys

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kikizhu

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer (Trading Platform) @ MarketAxess
Jan 2022 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Core 2 Team | Quick Delivery Team
Java Programmer

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Prof Terry LEE's TA of Java (17681) and Data Structure (17683)

### Android Developer (Map Positioning Service Client SDK) @ Tencent
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Beijing, China
Full-Time Intern
1. Improved correctness of Position Correction algorithm (weighted calculation part) by 27%, and encapsulated it into Android API. 
2. Designed Garage Navigation system in Android Native Layer (C++). 
    a	Used WiFi and Bluetooth signal to replace GPS, and adjusted algorithm threshold through trail and error. 
    b	Ensured the system to be accurate to specific parking bay under 86% circumstance. 
3. Introduced Gyro signal in General Navigation systems in Android Java Layer to monitor the direction of the mobile in real time. 
    a	Reduced UI latency in 42% of cases, compared to old systems where only GPS signal was used. 
    b	Decreased average delay of UI by 3.4 seconds among all the optimized cases. User experience was greatly improved.

### Android Developer (Vehicle Control System) @ NIO
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Shanghai, China
Full-Time Intern
1. Maintained 1st generation vehicle control system. Fixed 47 bugs. 
2. Applied Android AIDL and Handler mechanism to a) classify long and short presses, b) monitor if a command sent to hardware becomes effective in a given time, and c) send commands sequentially when multiple signals come simultaneously. 
3. Implemented message queue, and mounted control units and UI / hardware connectors onto it, in 2nd generation system.

### Android App Developer @ wisecar
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Full-Time Intern
1. Deployed static UI in Android XML using Constraint Layout, and dynamic UI in Java Activity classes. 
2. Parsed and formed JSON messages to connect to Amazon AWS database. 
3. Realized Android AsyncTask to prevent network connection from blocking main thread. 
4. Established a blockchain to store user and vehicle usage information, which has successfully applied for a patent.

### Analyst @ McKinsey & Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Shanghai, China
1. Conducted desk research encompassing investigating past 10 years’ prospectuses, industry research reports, business modes, major players, financing patterns, industry risks and trends of Baidu, Ali, Tencent and JD (top 4 Chinese Internet companies) and their child companies and competitors, in a total of more than 20 companies. 
2. Prepared a series of consulting reports in both Word and PowerPoint form with a high level of accuracy and intuitiveness with the help of software such as ThinkCell and Tableau. Polished my presentation skills by presenting them to clients.

### Technology & Data Analyst @ Hangzhou East Sunnet Technology Co., Ltd.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
1. Developed a web crawler in Java to collect 53,759 customers’ comments from major tourism websites like Booking and Ctrip. 
2. Assisted company in improving its Nature Language Process API and identified 2 bugs when testing on crawled comments. 
3. Performed sentiment analysis, semantic analysis, and lexical analysis on guests’ comments using lexer and commentTag methods in API to identify high frequency vocabularies and visitors’ attitude and emotion towards tourist attractions and facilities. Suggested the improvement for business performance of the attractions based on the outcome.

### Teaching Assistant @ Jinan University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Guangdong, China
Prof ZHAO Xinjian (赵新建)'s TA of C, Java, JSP, and Math Modelling


## Education
### Master's degree in Management Information Systems
Carnegie Mellon University

### Bachelor's degree in E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Jinan University

### Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in Accounting
Jinan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kiki-z-zhu

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Last updated: 2026-04-13