MENGXUAN "SENIK" ZOU
DevEx & Experience Design Engineer
NYC / Prague · itsmxzou@gmail.com
◆ SUMMARY
Polymath engineer at the convergence of software, film, music, and design. Formally trained at Cooper Union and FAMU Prague, with production experience spanning B2B product engineering, simultaneous translation across 4 languages, community radio, and EU-funded filmmaking. Building tools and experiences for 1 billion people in mind.
◆ EXPERIENCE 7 positions
- Feb 2026 → present ●
AI/ML Growth Product Design Engineer
Attendu
↳ Prague, Czechia
Shipping production-ready B2B features for high-trust coding scenarios; contributed to product reaching #1 Product of the Day on Product Hunt (Sep 2025)
- → Rapid-building production-ready software for B2B high-trust, risk, safety and resilience coding scenarios
- → T-shaped development spanning QA assurance and product ownership
- → Setting leadership in the Czech market for parallel agent development and DevOps
TypeScriptSvelteKitAI/MLDevOps - Sep 2024 → present ●
Growth Hacker
@WAVELENGTH RADIO
↳ New York, United States
Founded and grew a global radio community platform inspired by Virgil Abloh's legacy, producing pocket-sized audio experiences
- → Built wavelengthradio.media — a global site for radio community listeners
- → Produced "digital Letters" — a series of pocket-sized audio experiences tunneling past, present, and future
- Oct 2025 → Feb 2026 ●
Business Development Translator
Dahua Technology
↳ Budapest, Hungary
Managed bilingual communication (Chinese to Czech) for 100+ attendees at a B2B event covering AI/ML camera monitoring and chip technology advancements
- → Facilitated smooth cross-cultural communication for B2B camera monitoring systems and AI/ML technology presentations
- Jan 2021 → Mar 2022 ●
Simultaneous Translator
RIWAY International
↳ Singapore
Simultaneously translated multi-day conference events (500+ attendees) across English, Chinese, and Czech — covering medical, business, and negotiation topics
- → Translated several multi-day conferences with 500+ attendees across EN/ZH/CZ
- → Covered medical health, business sales, and negotiation subject matter
- Mar 2020 → Mar 2021 ●
Project Program Coordinator
Flip Makers
↳ Remote
Led a remote global team of designers and developers in response to COVID-19, polishing and redesigning NGO brand identities to support the global economy
- → Coordinated a global remote team of designers/developers during COVID-19
- → Redesigned multiple NGO brand identities to support economic recovery
- May 2019 → Aug 2019 ●
Junior Frontend Software Engineer
Attendu
↳ Prague, Czechia
Built responsive event platforms for IKEA and Vodafone using Vue.js, serving internal team-building programmes
- → Worked with clients like IKEA and Vodafone on custom event website solutions
- → Delivered responsive web design, Vue.js development, REST API integration, and content management
Vue.jsREST APIPostmanCSS - Dec 2018 → May 2019 ●
Steadicam Operator & Location Scout
IMAGE.IN / EU-funded (OPU)
↳ Prague, Czechia
Contributed to a UNICEF-funded humanitarian filmmaking project teaching audio-visual skills to children from migrant backgrounds in Czechia
- → Taught beginner filmmaking skills to children from migrant backgrounds
- → Operated steadicam and scouted locations for EU-funded productions
◆ EDUCATION 4 schools
- Sep 2022 → May 2025 ○
Engineering Technology
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
↳ New York, NY
Dropped out junior year to self-learn advanced computer science topics — deep learning, computer vision, and systems engineering
- Jul 2021 → Jul 2022 ○
AAS, Film Production & Creative Management
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU)
↳ Prague, Czechia
Film production and creative management at one of the oldest film schools in Europe
- Aug 2019 → May 2021 ○
High School Diploma, Liberal Arts
Northfield Mount Hermon
↳ Gill, MA
- Sep 2015 → Jun 2019 ○
High School Diploma, Liberal Arts
Gymnázium Altis
↳ Prague, Czechia