VICTOR (ZHEN) WANG

Senior Software Developer

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Skills

Languages

Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust, HTML, CSS, SQL

Tools & Framework

Django/Flask/FastAPI, React.js, Docker, K8s, MySQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse, ELK, Kafka, Redis

AI & LLM

vLLM, LangGraph, VectorDB, MCP, Neo4j, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Dify, OpenWebUI

Others

AWS, GCP, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana

Work Experience

AntiVirus (AV) Lab, Fortinet

Senior Software Developer

Feb. 2020 - Present

Vancouver, Canada

  • AI Platform, Agent Architecture & LLM Infrastructure:
    • Architected and led development of an end-to-end AI agent platform for internal workflow automation, supporting complex incident investigation, research, and decision-making use cases.
    • Designed modular agent toolchains with clean abstraction layers and exposed them via MCP (Model Context Protocol) to enable scalable, reusable agent access across teams.
    • Built production-grade agents using LangGraph for complex multi-step reasoning workflows and Dify for lightweight, rapid-deployment agent use cases.
    • Evaluated, benchmarked, and productionized multiple LLM serving stacks (vLLM, llama.cpp, Ollama, SGLang), continuously optimizing latency, throughput, and cost efficiency.
    • Customized and deployed OpenWebUI as an enterprise chatbot interface; integrated Langfuse for full observability, tracing, and performance monitoring of agent interactions.
    • Enabled deep, multi-step research agents that reason over large internal databases and APIs, delivering actionable investigation results and remediation recommendations.
  • GenAI-Driven Security Intelligence & Automation:
    • Designed and deployed LLM-powered cybersecurity research workflows for automated IOC analysis and threat intelligence summarization, directly supporting the launch and expansion of FortiTip.
    • Led development of GenAI-powered malware behavior explanations for FortiSandbox, introducing a revenue-generating AI service.
    • Applied LLMs to security signature engineering, building intelligent agents that reason over Fortinet's internal CPRL (Content Pattern Recognition Language) to:
      • Automatically review new signatures for correctness and quality
      • Perform step-by-step debugging and validation
      • Generate concrete improvement recommendations
    • Built automated ML/LLM pipelines for malicious sample detection, achieving ~97% accuracy with minimal false positives.
    • Developed an RAG-based intelligence agent over FortiGuard backend databases, enabling faster and more accurate security insights.
  • AI Automation for Engineering & Operations:
    • Implemented automated customer support email classification, achieving ~80% accuracy across 20+ teams, significantly reducing manual triage effort.
    • Built a GenAI-driven virus encyclopedia using Gemini-Pro, improving analysis efficiency for 40K+ new virus entries annually.
    • Integrated an automated merge request (MR) review agent into the CI/CD pipeline, improving code review speed and consistency.
  • Release & Distribution Infrastructure:
    • Led the design and rollout of a centralized release controller system, consolidating package distribution across multiple Fortinet teams.
    • Orchestrated load-balanced uploads of 500–1000 packages per day across distributed servers, preventing data-center network traffic spikes through intelligent scheduling and throttling.
    • Delivered regular status and risk reports to the CTO, achieving zero unexpected production issues post-launch.
    • Managed the end-to-end 24/7 release pipeline, from testing automation infrastructure and package creation to monitoring, ticket tracking, and rapid false-positive resolution—ensuring seamless operations for millions of Fortinet customers relying on FortiGuard services.
  • Zero-Day Detection & Automation Systems:
    • Played a key role in the development of the Zero-Day Scanner system, executing end-to-end development utilizing Docker, Django, Kafka, MySQL, and distributed systems architecture.
    • Enhanced scanning capabilities to process over 25 thousand new samples daily with 13 zero-day AI scanners in the Anti-Virus Lab, generating over 10,000 new antivirus signatures daily to boost customer protection.
    • Developed and managed the test automation system encompassing over two hundred physical machines, enabling efficient scanning of over 200 million files daily using antivirus engines and signatures.
    • Improved system performance threefold through optimized task allocation, accelerated code execution, and enhanced infrastructure design leveraging Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Possess deep expertise in all AV backend projects, serving as the go-to backup for system maintainers and developers. Play a key role in mentoring new team members, providing guidance on both domain knowledge and technology.

Cloud BU, Huawei

Software Engineer Intern

June 2019 - Aug. 2019

Shenzhen, China

  • Developed CRM microservices using ServiceComb, Spring, and MyBatis.
  • Troubleshot and resolved Kubernetes microservices issues in production, ensuring smooth operations.

TTT Studios

Backend Web Developer Co-op

May 2018 - Dec. 2018

Vancouver, Canada

  • Developed a robust Django application server from scratch, optimizing system architecture for scalability and performance. Utilized Docker for seamless deployment on AWS ECS.
  • Deployed and operated an AI receptionist system for major events, serving hundreds of attendees for clients like KPMG. Managed high-volume traffic and ensured excellent user experiences.

Education

University of British Columbia
Master of Engineering in ECE
Overall GPA: 4.2/4.33
September 2017 - August 2019
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
B.Eng. in Automation
Overall GPA: 91/100
September 2013 - June 2017