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I'm a senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend and data-intensive systems. Over the past 8+ years, I've built and scaled payments platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native services across Stripe, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, always prioritizing reliability and performance. I'm passionate about thoughtful architecture, automation, and mentoring teams to deliver robust software. I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, observable systems and staying curious about new technologies and domains.…I'm a senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend and data-intensive systems. Over the past 8+ years, I've built and scaled payments platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native services across Stripe, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, always prioritizing reliability and performance. I'm passionate about thoughtful architecture, automation, and mentoring teams to deliver robust software. I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, observable systems and staying curious about new technologies and domains.

Bowen Li

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I'm a senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend and data-intensive systems. Over the past 8+ years, I've built and scaled payments platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native services across Stripe, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, always prioritizing reliability and performance. I'm passionate about thoughtful architecture, automation, and mentoring teams to deliver robust software. I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, observable systems and staying curious about new technologies and domains.…I'm a senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend and data-intensive systems. Over the past 8+ years, I've built and scaled payments platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native services across Stripe, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, always prioritizing reliability and performance. I'm passionate about thoughtful architecture, automation, and mentoring teams to deliver robust software. I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, observable systems and staying curious about new technologies and domains.

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I’m a senior software engineer specializing in scalable backend and data-intensive systems. Over the past 8+ years, I’ve built and scaled payments platforms, ML pipelines, and cloud-native services across Stripe, Google, Amazon, and Facebook, always prioritizing reliability and performance.

I’m passionate about thoughtful architecture, automation, and mentoring teams to deliver robust software. I enjoy turning complex problems into clean, observable systems and staying curious about new technologies and domains.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Stripe

May 1, 2024 - Present

Built a Python (FastAPI) payments gateway that creates charges/PaymentIntents with idempotency keys persisted per order to guarantee exactly-once delivery; implemented a Go-based, service-oriented pattern to scale payment processing and reduce toil.

Software Engineer at Google

August 1, 2021 - April 2, 2024

Architected backend services in FastAPI/Go/Node for OCR+ML underwriting ETL workflows, achieving sub-150ms p95 latency while processing 25k+ documents/day; led front-end migrations to React with component-driven architecture and performance profiling to reduce re-renders; oversaw multi-tenant platform migrations and backend changes to preserve contract compatibility.

Software Engineer at Facebook (Meta)

June 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021

Led front-end platform migration to React with a component-driven architecture and performance profiling to reduce re-renders; coordinated backend changes to support front-end evolution and improved end-user experience.

Software Development Engineer at Amazon

October 1, 2017 - June 1, 2020

Designed end-to-end back-end workflows for real-time streaming across microservices, improving scalability, reliability, and observability of production data pipelines.

Software Development Engineer at PayPal

August 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017

Designed credit-decisioning microservice using Spring Boot with strict API contracts and auditable change logs; implemented reliable load-testing and monitoring to ensure robust payment processing.

Software Engineer at Facebook

June 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021

Led end-to-end delivery of a high-traffic backend capability by defining domain boundaries and authorizing a multi-service rollout. Achieved measurable improvements in p95 latency, error rate, and operational toil through architecture and process refinements.