Resume

Giorgio Huang

Senior Software Engineer·Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Summary

Senior engineer across enterprise, cloud, and AI.

15+ years designing and building enterprise software, payment platforms, APIs, enterprise integrations, and cloud-based systems — with strong Java and backend experience, full-stack delivery, and current independent work in AI applications and knowledge systems.

Experience

Professional history

Nov 2021 – Present

GlobePay Limited UK — Senior Software Engineer

Fintech · Cross-Border Payments

  • — Integrated major payment channels — PayPal, Lloyds Bank, and UnionPay — into a cross-border payment platform.
  • — Built and maintained Android/POS applications and SAP plugins for European merchants.
  • — Designed and implemented AI-assisted workflow automation to reduce repetitive operational work and connect internal tools, data, and business processes.
  • — Coordinated integration with European partners and provided client technical support.
May 2015 – Nov 2021

Zhuyouyou Co., Ltd. — Chief Technology Officer

Cross-Border Business (Shenzhen–London) · Travel · Real Estate · F&B · Retail

  • — Led technology across a cross-border business operating between Shenzhen and London, spanning online travel, real estate, restaurants, entertainment, and retail operations.
  • — Built and led the technical team responsible for architecture, product delivery, integrations, and technology strategy across multiple business lines.
  • — Designed and integrated payment infrastructure connecting international and domestic providers, including WeChat Pay, Alipay, Stripe, and other third-party services.
  • — Applied AI and workflow automation to business operations, including automated responses to Google reviews and internal process automation.
  • — Designed technology solutions for warehouse operations, including automated inventory workflows and robotic warehouse-management initiatives.
  • — Steered the pandemic pivot to an online supermarket, launching a new inventory/order system in about a month.
Sep 2014 – May 2015

Shenzhen Balinghou Technology Co., Ltd. — Software Director · Technical Co-founder

LBS Social Apps

  • — Designed the server architecture and API services powering location-based social apps on Alibaba Cloud.
Mar 2014 – Sep 2014

Shenzhen Jizhi Life Network Technology Co., Ltd. — Software Director · Technical Co-founder

Wearable Technology

  • — Led BLE iOS/Android app development and built the company's cloud platform, APIs, and server infrastructure.
Aug 2000 – Apr 2010

Beijing Bewinner Communications Co., Ltd. — Software Engineer

Telecom · Mobile Internet

  • — Built value-added telecom services, WAP portals, CRM platforms, and the backend for Beijing Mobile's 12580 platform.
Selected Independent Projects

Building in the open

  • Aging Knowledge Graph
    Evidence-traceable knowledge graph · TypeScript, PostgreSQL + pgvector, REST + MCP, AI agents
    Live ↗
  • Aging Policy Lab
    Canadian aging-policy research platform · Next.js, Python, PostgreSQL, RAG
    Live ↗
  • Evidence-Informed Acupressure Learning Assistant
    Multilingual medical knowledge app · Python, FastAPI, SQLite, Three.js
    Live ↗
  • Healthy Aging Digital Intervention Research Platform (in progress)
    Consent-first research platform · conceptual prototype, synthetic data only · TypeScript, NestJS, PostgreSQL, MCP, Cloud Run
    Live ↗
Skills

Core competencies

Languages

JavaTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonSQLPHP

Backend & Full-Stack

Spring BootFastAPINext.jsVue.jsREST APIs

Data & Cloud

PostgreSQLMySQLRedisAWSGCPDockerKubernetes

Integrations & AI

Payment GatewaysPOS / SAPRAGVector SearchMCPAI Agents

Education

  • MSc, Information and Web Technologies
    Birkbeck, University of London
    2011 – 2013
  • Bachelor of Economics
    Beijing Wuzi University
    1996 – 2000

Patent & Languages

  • National Invention Patent
    Method for Contact Lists Exchange Between Mobile Terminals · No. ZL200410069358.6
  • LanguagesEnglish (Professional) · Mandarin (Native) · Hokkien (Native)