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Zhonglei (Carlton) Wang

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I’m Zhonglei (Carlton) Wang, an engineering leader and architect with 18+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack products, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered services in regulated environments.

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I’m Zhonglei (Carlton) Wang, an engineering leader and architect with 18+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack products, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered services in regulated environments. I’ve worked across both China and Australia, leading delivery from React frontends and GraphQL APIs through to AWS infrastructure managed with Terraform, with a strong focus on reliability, security, and scalability.

I currently lead engineering at BuildAI, owning the end-to-end platform lifecycle and guiding technical direction in small, high-ownership teams. I’ve architected systems such as real-time camera streaming for construction sites and an AI-powered chat experience using AWS Bedrock, and I’m extending the platform with an MCP server to enable secure, tool-based access to live project data for third-party AI assistants.

  • 14 years' experience
  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 8 roles

General Manager of Engineering · BuildAI Pty LtdDec 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

Lead engineering and own BuildAI’s full lifecycle delivery, from React/Material UI frontend and GraphQL/REST APIs to Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure and real-time hardware integrations. Architected a live camera streaming system delivering near real-time feeds to site operators and built an AI-powered customer chat experience using AWS Bedrock and Claude to help users query and summarize crane lift activity from on-site footage. Currently building an MCP server to expose structured, tool-callable project site data to third-party AI assistants, including secure email/OTP authentication and integration patterns for natural-language queries. Set engineering standards across architecture decisions, code review, deployment practices, CI/CD, and release processes.

Lead Software Engineer · BuildAI Pty LtdJan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr

Sole architect and owner of the company’s AWS cloud infrastructure built from scratch using Terraform. Delivered end-to-end product capabilities across frontend (React/Material UI), GraphQL and REST APIs on Express.js/Python Flask services, working with a small team to ship features end-to-end. Built AI-powered customer-facing chat using AWS Bedrock and Claude to enable site managers and clients to ask questions about crane lift activity, with automated summaries and data visualisations generated from camera footage.

Senior Engineer · Early trade Pty LtdMar 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

Led technical delivery for a FinTech trade finance platform with ownership across React frontend, REST APIs, Java services, and AWS infrastructure. Built and operated secure, scalable infrastructure designed for high availability and resilience to support regulated financial transaction flows. Drove multiple proofs of concept through to production delivery by partnering with business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust systems.

AWS Consultant · Sourced Group Pty LtdMay 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos
Senior Software Engineer · Alternative Media Pty LtdMay 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo
Software Engineer · Lendi Pty LtdFeb 2018 – May 2018 · 4 mos
Software Engineer · NextGen.Net Pty LtdDec 2017 – Feb 2018 · 3 mos
Technical Lead · Bank of ChengduJul 2012 – Oct 2017 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Education

Master of Computer Science and Technology · Sichuan University2009 – 2012
Bachelor of Software Engineering · Sichuan University2005 – 2009

Certifications and awards

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional2030 – 2022

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