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I’m Xiaojian Zhuang, a recent MSc Software Design and Development student at University of Galway, specializing in backend engineering and multimodal NLP. I’m transitioning from over six years in product management to software engineering, and I thrive on building scalable full-stack applications and pushing state-of-the-art detection with multimodal data.
Currently exploring opportunities in Ireland under Stamp 1G, I bring experience delivering high-impact systems at Meituan, Alibaba, and ByteDance, plus hands-on research projects on language and vision models. I value collaboration, experimentation, and practical results.
Skills
Language
English
Advanced
Chinese
Fluent
Work Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant at National University of Ireland, Galway
May 1, 2025 - August 28, 2025Conducted labs and tutorials for over 60 students on Java, web development (HTML/CSS/JavaScript), and backend frameworks including Spring and Servlets. Provided technical mentorship by assisting students with more than 200 coding exercises, helping debug assignments, and promoting best practices in software engineering.
Technical Product Manager at Meituan
June 1, 2023 - August 28, 2025Improved a distributed notification system (SMS, IVR, in-app) serving 10 million daily active users in supplier services by integrating preference-based routing and load balancing, achieving a 70% delivery performance across all channels. Co-developed a generative chatbot using domain-specific corpora, which reduced manual handling of over 10,000 orders by 30%.
Senior Product Manager at Alibaba Group
May 1, 2021 - August 28, 2025Partnered with engineers to design and implement a full-stack homepage module, increasing conversion by 50% and driving 70% of site traffic. Launched cross-platform user engagement features adopted by more than one million users, achieving a 35% conversion rate.
Product Manager at ByteDance
August 1, 2018 - August 28, 2025Coordinated the design and rollout of a push notification backend which boosted click-through rates by 50%.
Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Galway
May 1, 2025 - September 12, 2025Conducted labs and tutorials for 90 students in Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and backend frameworks (Spring, Servlets). Guided students in solving 200+ coding exercises, debugging assignments, and applying software engineering best practices.
Technical Product Manager at Meituan
June 1, 2023 - September 12, 2025Improved a distributed notification system (SMS, IVR, in-app) serving 10M+ daily active users in supplier services, integrating preference-based routing and load balancing, achieving 70% delivery performance across channels. Expanded a generative chatbot using a domain-specific corpus, reducing manual handling of 10K+ orders by 30%.
Product Manager at Alibaba
January 1, 2021 - September 12, 2025Designed and implemented a full-stack homepage module, increasing conversion by 50% and driving 70% of site traffic. Launched cross-platform features adopted by 1M+ users, achieving a 35% conversion rate.
Product Manager at ByteDance
September 1, 2019 - September 12, 2025Co-ordinated the design and rollout of a push notification backend, boosting click-through rates by 50%.
Education
MSc in Software Design and Development at National University of Ireland, Galway
September 1, 2023 - November 1, 2025MSc in Software Design and Development at University of Galway
January 11, 2030 - October 1, 2025Qualifications
Machine Learning Specialization : DeepLearning.AI
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025Bentley Accredited Developer: iTwin Platform : Bentley Systems
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025Deploy Java Spring Apps Online to Amazon Cloud (AWS) : Udemy
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025100 Days of Code: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp : Udemy
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025React - The Complete Guide 2025 (incl. Next.js, Redux) : Udemy
January 11, 2030 - August 28, 2025Online Course in Machine Learning Specialization (DeepLearning.AI)
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025React - The Complete Guide (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025Industry Experience
Education, Software & Internet, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
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