Rui Weikang
About Rui Weikang
Rui Weikang is a Senior Software Engineer at Flexport in Shanghai, China, with a background in machine learning and natural language processing.
Current Role at Flexport
Rui Weikang holds the position of Senior Software Engineer at Flexport in Shanghai, China. In this role, he has contributed to the development of features for the shipment booking system to enhance efficiency. Notable changes include booking in batches and providing prices by templates. Additionally, he participated in migrating parts of the system from a monolithic architecture to microservices. He is also responsible for troubleshooting issues in the legacy codebase and writes unit tests and Cypress test cases for quality assurance.
Previous Experience at Pinduoduo
Before joining Flexport, Rui Weikang worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at Pinduoduo in Shanghai, China from 2019 to 2021. During his two-year tenure, he applied his expertise in machine learning to address various challenges faced by the company, contributing to the improvement and innovation of their technological infrastructure.
Experience at Works Applications Co., Ltd.
From 2017 to 2019, Rui Weikang was employed as a Software Engineer at Works Applications Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. During this time, he engaged in various software development tasks, enhancing his skills in building and maintaining software solutions for the company.
Education Background
Rui Weikang holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China, where he studied from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Information Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, completing his studies from 2010 to 2014. His academic background provided a strong foundation for his career in software engineering and machine learning.
Short Tenures at Baidu and National Institute of Informatics
Rui Weikang briefly worked as a Natural Language Processing Engineer at Baidu, Inc. in Beijing, China in 2016 for a period of three months. Earlier, in 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar at the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo, Japan for a brief period. These experiences provided him with opportunities to explore specialized fields and expand his expertise.