# Matt Zhu > Senior Software Engineer @ Vertice AI | Duke CS & Econ Alum Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mattzhu Greetings! I'm Minghui and I go by Matt. I graduated from Duke University, earning my MS degree in Computer Science and Economics. Let's make friends. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Vertice AI Jan 2025 – Present | United States ### Software Engineer @ Vertice AI Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area Learning & writing elegant code ### Software Engineer Intern @ Duke University Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Durham, North Carolina, United States Worked with Swift, SwiftUI, and REST APIs to deliver an iOS mobile app MVP. ### Software Engineer Intern @ Christensen Family Center for Innovation Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Durham, North Carolina, United States Worked with Flutter, Firebase, GCP, and Figma to ship 2 cross-platform mobile app MVPs. ### Teaching Assistant - MBA Data Analytics and Applications @ Duke University Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Durham, North Carolina, United States • Served as a Graduate TA for MBA Data Analytics & Applications (Spring 2023, Summer 2023): held weekly office hours, answered questions, and facilitated data science and machine learning discussions with Python. ### Research Assistant - Economics, Political Economy, & Data Science @ University of Macau Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Macao SAR Before shifting to a technology career, I was an economics researcher. My research interests lied in political economy, labor, education, and development. I was fortunate to collaborate with Professor Tao Li on the paper "𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚." Our research was showcased at top conferences and seminars: • 79th Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2022 (Virtual) • Seminar on Economics, University of Macau 2022 (Taipa, Macau) • Seminar in Jinan University 2023 (Guangzhou, China) • Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2023 (Singapore) • American Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2023 (Los Angeles, US) ### Teaching Assistant - Big Data Analysis Foundation Class @ University of Macau Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Macau • Tutored a beginner batch of 10-students for 10 weeks with intensive academic tutorials on data science. • Devised weekly lectures and facilitated discussions on basic programming, data visualization, regression analysis with R. • Prepared assignments and graded them, resolved student queries, and provided clarifications for 50+ consulting hours. • Designed survey to capture student feedback on teaching quality and effectiveness of collaborative learning, summarized the insights in a data-driven report in RMarkdown. ### Research Intern @ Renmin University of China Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Beijing, China ### Summer Analyst @ Gopher Asset Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Shanghai, China ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science & Economics Duke University Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Economics University of Macau Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zhuminghui17 --- Source: https://flows.cv/mattzhu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mattzhu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01