About

Junfeng Zhang is an Engineering Manager at TikTok with over 20 years of professional experience in software development across a variety of areas and technologies. He has demonstrated strong technical problem-solving skills and has 10+ years of technical management experience, including hiring and developing teams, mentoring others to grow their skills, and performance management. Junfeng has proven experience developing technical vision and roadmap within the scope of teams and influencing the dependency teams. He has solid computer science fundamentals in design, data structure, and algorithms, extensive in distributed systems, big data, and machine learning. He also possesses strong written and communication skills and has proven experience working with cross-functional teams across various work groups to deliver a medium to large-scale project. Currently, Junfeng is responsible for building the global e-commerce governance and experience team in the U.S. at TikTok. The global e-commerce governance and experience team is responsible for ensuring a safe and trustworthy marketplace and continuously improving the experience for all stakeholders: buyers, sellers, and creators/influencers. Junfeng has also worked at Amazon as a Software Development Manager, where he set team vision, structure, strategy, and processes, and aligned with the broader organization. He effectively participated in Amazon’s planning process and development of product roadmap and drove reasonable schedules and set the right priorities to ensure the right outcomes. He also evolved the products to meet anticipated business growth and infrastructure needs. Before working at Amazon, Junfeng worked at IGT as a Manager Software Engineering, where he managed local technical teams with a total of 16 SDEs, developing Jackpot Central Distribution system, sbXTM Analytics, and Floor Management system. He performed resource planning and worked with U.S. management teams to align strategy and priority. He also worked closely with U.S. product management teams to determine the feasibility of product features and provide alternatives when necessary. Junfeng holds a Master's degree in Applied Mathematics, Double Bachelor in Economics, and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Peking University. He is skilled in Senior Software Engineering, Big Data, Software Engineering, ML, infra, and product management, with over 21.45 years of relevant experience.