👋 Hi, I'm Mofei Zhu (朱文龙), a Chinese software engineer living in Finland, always writing and exploring along the way.
Over the years, I've worked across frontend, backend, large-scale data systems, and AI applications, while also writing about migration, family, tools, and everyday life. To me, growth never happens in code alone.
I've worked in very different environments:
This blog is about technology, but also cities, migration, parenting, and everyday observations. It's written for readers today and for my future self.
Tech keeps me climbing through the world of maps, writing clears my head, and life with family is the compass I return to.
My work has long centered around frontend engineering, mapping systems, and AI. Since starting with Web frontend development in 2010, I've continuously worked on and led large-scale product and engineering initiatives across mapping and geospatial systems, from frontend architecture and geospatial visualization at YiBan and Baidu Maps, to map products, large-scale geospatial data pipelines, and GeoAI workflows for LLMs and Agents at Mapbox.
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From Huainan to Shanghai, Beijing, and eventually Helsinki. Over the past 16 years, the cities changed, and so did the way I build, work, and look at the world.
I grew up in a small city, always curious about the wider world and about technology. A lot of what came later started from that curiosity.
I came to Shanghai for university and joined Yiban to help build a campus social product. That was where I slowly moved from being a student to becoming an engineer, and where frontend work became serious for me.
At a large internet company, I kept sharpening my frontend and interaction skills, and started thinking more seriously about data, visualization, and product experience as one whole.
I joined a global team at Mapbox, working on map data processing and platform engineering. That was where geospatial systems, large-scale data, and cross-region collaboration became part of my daily work.
After moving to Finland, I continued to go deep on data work while placing more focus on AI exploration and innovation, thinking about how it can meaningfully enter geospatial systems and real workflows.
hi@mofei.life
For collaborations, tech conversations, or simply saying hi, email is the best way to reach me.
github.com/zmofei
This is where I share open-source work, experiments, and how I tend to build things.
Helsinki, Finland
I’m based in Helsinki and comfortable working across time zones and distributed teams.
linkedin.com/in/mofei-zhu
If you’d like to stay in touch over time, LinkedIn is probably the better place.
Beyond technology and writing, I also keep notes on the cities I've lived in, the places I've seen, and what migration feels like along the way.
If you'd like to keep going, start with the blog, visit the message board, or meet some of the people I stay connected with.
