Kevin Zheng

Work

Coinbase — Software Engineer

Apr 2026 — Present

  • On Coinbase Business — foundational product and payments infra for small businesses using crypto.
  • Shipped X402 integration with Coinbase Business.
  • Built multi-user access for business accounts.

Faire — Software Engineer II — Backend

Mar 2024 — Apr 2026

  • Led a team of 4 to launch annual membership billing in 6 currencies — 40 bps lift across $1.2B in order volume.
  • Built async free-shipping eligibility computation; cut P99 latency 41% and scaled to 4.5k events/sec.
  • Cut membership benefits cache invalidation from 6 minutes to 274 ms.

Faire — Software Engineer Intern — Backend

Sept — Dec 2023

  • Parallelized cart API calls; cut P95 load time 10.8% and large-cart latency 29%.

Arctic Wolf — Software Engineer Intern — Backend

Jan — Apr 2023

  • Built OTA patching for deployed hardware sensors after a misconfiguration hit hundreds of users — cut patching time 87%.

University of Waterloo — BASc, Computer Engineering

Graduated April 2024

Graduated with Distinction. Sandford Fleming Foundation Award for Academic Excellence (2022).

Side projects