About meMY
INFO
Hello! I'm Daniel Zheng, a Senior Software Developer with 4+ years of experience building scalable production software for Industrial IoT platforms.
I specialize in architecting cloud-native systems, public APIs, and full-stack applications using Node.js, React, and Google Cloud.
I've led technical initiatives, mentored developers, optimized system performance, and delivered reliable software that supports real-world industrial operations.
My Skills
My Work experience
June 2022 - Present
Senior Software Developer - Systems With Intelligence
- Serve as technical lead for the customer dashboard of a commercial Industrial IoT platform, guiding architecture, code quality, and feature delivery while mentoring 2 full-time developers and multiple co-op students.
- Architected and built the company's public IoT API from inception, including Google Cloud infrastructure, 20+ secure REST endpoints, API Gateway, and JWT authentication.
- Optimized historical Modbus telemetry visualization with hierarchical time-series aggregation, reducing worst-case dashboard rendering time from about 30 seconds to under 5 seconds while preserving drill-down access to raw measurements.
- Modernized the customer portal through UI/UX enhancements and delivery of high-impact features including Access Groups and Label Management.
- Collaborated with product, manufacturing, QA, and operations teams to deliver customer-facing features and production-critical fixes while improving release quality through automated testing, CI/CD enhancements, and engineering best practices.
September 2021 - December 2021
Software Developer Intern - Twins TouCans Inc.
- Developed internal warehouse management tools using Django and Python to support inventory tracking and fulfillment workflows.
- Integrated with the Amazon Selling Partner API to automate inventory synchronization and order processing.
- Collaborated with operations teams to deliver features that improved warehouse efficiency and inventory visibility.
Selected WorkWhat
I Build
A mix of personal builds and portfolio-safe case studies that reflect the kind of engineer I am today.
Selected Work
Portfolio Website (In Progress)
Redesigning and modernizing my personal portfolio website with a responsive UI and improved user experience.
Building an AI-powered assistant that represents my professional persona, allowing visitors to ask natural-language questions about my experience, projects, technical skills, and career.
Designing a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline that retrieves curated personal knowledge from external documents to generate accurate, context-aware responses while reducing hallucinations.
- OpenAI
- LangChain
- RAG
Industrial IoT Platform
Led development across a commercial Industrial IoT customer platform, spanning public APIs, dashboard features, and customer administration workflows.
Built secure enterprise-facing integrations with Google Cloud, API Gateway, JWT authentication, and 20+ REST endpoints while also improving portal usability.
Improved telemetry performance through hierarchical time-series aggregation and delivered features such as Access Groups and Label Management.
- Node.js
- React
- Google Cloud
- REST APIs
Earlier Projects
Contact Mehow to
reach
Get In Touch
My inbox is always open, so don't hesitate to reach me whether you have any questions or just want to say hello!
Ontario, Canada
danielzchong@gmail.com
English, Mandarin
