Soong Shao Zhi/CS @ NUS · Applied ML

Building cool stuff.

Y3 CS @ NUS. Moving to the Bay Area to work on inference.

Currently — building side projects & plotting the move to SF

About

The short version

I love building startups. Most recently Weavo, which raised $10k from NUS Enterprise and grew to 200+ users before I pivoted — the whole messy, addictive process of taking something from zero to real.

These days I’m heavy into the AI agent and inference space: making models fast and reliable in production. Interning at TikTok now, and joining Fireworks AI in the Bay Area next.

Singapore → San Francisco English, Mandarin

Focus

AI AgentsInferenceModel PerformanceStartups

Currently reading

Off the clock

My grandparents' farm in Chiang Mai — Chiang Mai, TH

Background

School & work

Education

National University of Singapore

Bachelor of Computing in Computer Science

Standing: Year 3
Honours: Honours (Distinction)
Dates: Aug 2024 — May 2028

Core coursework

CS1101SCS1231SCS2030SCS2040SCS2100CS2101CS2103TCS2105CS2106CS2109SMA1521MA1522ST2334

Experience

Fireworks AI
Incoming
Applied ML Engineer
Aug 2026 · San Mateo, CA
Optimising inference for customers — including the likes of Cursor. Joining via the NUS Overseas College (NOC) programme in Silicon Valley.
TikTok
Current
iOS Infrastructure
Mar — Aug 2026 · Singapore
Building AI agents to catch performance regressions and protect performance-critical metrics across the iOS app.
Nested Technologies
Fullstack Engineer
Aug — Dec 2025 · Singapore
Built fullstack features to automate pricing quotations.

Hackathons & competitions

13 total

Jun 2026OpenAI × SEA HackathonTop 5
2025 — 26NUS VIP @ SoC — Weavo$10k Grant · beat 81 teams
Jun 2025Asian Business Plan Competition1st Runner-Up
Jun 2025DSTA BrainHack Code_EXPDare to Try Award

Selected work

Things I've built

A few I'm proud of — funded startups, hackathon wins, and things that shipped. The rest live on GitHub.

Weavo

A startup turning places you save on TikTok, Instagram & XHS into real-world visits — auto-finding locations, pinning them, and planning your days. Indexed 5,000+ locations from 1,000+ posts and grew to 200+ users before pivoting on weak PMF.

React NativeTypeScriptNode.jsSupabase

Raised $10k — NUS Enterprise

Synth Shoppers

A swarm of AI shopper personas that browse a product listing end-to-end — market, photos, reviews, price, checkout — and surface exactly where real buyers would drop off before you ship.

Next.jsTypeScriptOpenAIAI Agents

Top 5 — OpenAI × SEA Hackathon

Mobile

CodeOnTheGo

A mobile-first platform for practising data structures & algorithms through guided pseudocode, line-by-line hints, AI feedback, and a gamified learning roadmap.

React NativeTypeScriptNode.jsSupabaseOpenAI

Artemis Level Project

SecretaryAI

Turns sales conversations into structured CRM data. Records and transcribes in real time, then extracts the key customer details automatically.

Next.jsTypeScriptOpenAI WhisperTailwind CSS

1st Runner-Up — Asian Business Plan Competition

Mobile

LoveScan

A romance-scam prevention app that analyses chats, images, and social profiles to flag likely scams and generate a clear risk report.

React NativeNode.jsGoogle VisionSupabase

Dare to Try Award — DSTA BrainHack Code_EXP

Web

StudyPal

An adaptive learning platform that personalises practice for students and gives teachers real-time analytics, with role-based dashboards and BKT-based difficulty.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptSupabase

Built at NUS LifeHack 2025

Case studies & product work

Shorter hackathon pitches and product / strategy explorations — the thinking, not the build.