Khine Zar Thwe

Khine Zar is an Software Engineer for one of the biggest e-commerce service companies in Japan. She is also an active community volunteer for various non-profit and charity organizations. As a founder of Women in AI (Myanmar chapter) and Thingaha donator groupThingaha Donor Group, she devotes much of her time to promoting gender inclusivity in the education sector. She is also a co-founder of the Myanmar Data Tech Team, research team that combines the power of data and technology to drive progress in education. She loves managing tasks, addressing issues, and reporting effectively from different perspectives. During her free time, she enjoys learning new technologies and cherishing moments with her baby.


Experience

Senior Software Engineer

  • Collaborated on automating privacy office tasks and contributed to enterprise security-related development initiatives to enhance data privacy and protection across the organization.
  • January 2024 - Current

    Senior Application Engineer

  • Leading software development security audits in collaboration with vendors and driving security enhancements for legacy code bases.
  • Perform as application security person in charge and coordinate with internal corporate IT team.
  • Implemented best practices for development, including code reviews, version control, and documentation.
  • Collaborated with other teams and departments to integrate web access software into the broader project ecosystem.
  • Developed and maintained python-based software to provide high-level web access to large-scale project.
  • January 2023 - December 2023

    Senior Technical Consultant/ Development Team Manager

  • Managed and grew diverse development team while improving efficiency in team workflows
  • Mentored new hires and junior developers
  • Managed working projects and effective reporting to customers
  • Support team and training members to effectively communicate with customers
  • Proposed new customer services within the company along with the sales team
  • August 2021 - January 2023

    Technical Consultant

  • Engaged with customers and maintained quality of service resulting in successful long-term contract extension with an enterprise client
  • Proposed a solution for customers by troubleshooting technical issues
  • Organized and facilitated internal study groups for skill sharing among developers across the whole company
  • August 2020 - August 2021

    Engineer

  • Successfully implemented several task automations and integrations projects for an enterprise client using Python and Flask framework
  • Performed security data analysis and infrastructure setup for the client
  • Increased hiring opportunities for the company by planning and coordinating local developer meetups sponsored by the company
  • January 2019 - August 2020

    Manager

  • Managed and grew web development team and dev-ops team while providing the outsource projects
  • Assisted internal HR for talent recruiting and arranged for developer training programs
  • Performed as a bridge engineer between japan and myanmar development team alongside by planning and coordinating with customers
  • Arranged the internal tools and inventory management for employee while managing the development cost estimation together with infrastructure service management
  • May 2018 - December 2018

    Development Engineer

  • Worked as a part web development planning team and developed wordpress plugin with php
  • Promoted to web development team and developed integrated UI data analytics web applications.
  • Scraped the latest news for content teams and supported for translation by using NCT API
  • September 2017 - March 2018

    System Analysts

  • Analyzed and organized daily financial report and time series data analysis for all domestic banks
  • Participated in the program of issuing new laws, regulations and instructions for the domestic bank related in IT together with IMF team
  • Participated and trained the employee to Office Automation(OA) System for the Central Bank by Daiwa Institute of Research.
  • June-2013 - July 2015

    Junior Web Developer

  • Web Development on ASP.Net Framework
  • HTML,CSS, C# , Ruby
  • December 2012 - May 2013

    Education

    December 2019 - June 2020

    Nagaoka University of Technology

    Master of Engieering
    Information and Management System Engineering
    September 2015 - August 2017

    University of Computer Studies ( Maubin )

    Master of Computer Technology
    December 2006 - September 2012

    Computer University(Hlaing Campus, IMCEITS)

    Diploma in MS.Net Programming
    May 2012 - October 2012

    Skills

    Programming Languages & Tools
    Language
    Certification

    Hobbies & Interests

    I involved in local donation group as an organizer and our group donated a monthly stipend until they graduate.Most of the students are from Delta region in Myanmar. I strongly passionate those activities and actively participate and manage them well. My hobbies are Reading, travelling and writing short articles.


    Papers and Awards


    Volunteering

    Founder and Organizer

  • Starting from personal donation project for children and grew up to 50 yearly donators after 4 years
  • Founded and start leading Web Applcation Backend development @ Thingaha Web Application
  • Product/Project managment for both Mobile and Web application
  • Being a main contact point for donator volunteer management
  • Web/Mobile Development volunteer recruiting and training
  • September 2016 - Present

    Ambassador @ Women in AI Myanmar

  • Started the initiative the Women in AI Myanmar Chapter and launched in 2021 January
  • Recruited volunteers and hosted local 7 events and participated 2 APAC events in first year
  • Signed a value-based partnership agreement with a local educational institute
  • Signed 1 sponsorship agreement for events
  • November 2020 - March 2022

    APAC Technical Program Director @ WAI Education Office

  • Voluteering in WAI APAC Awards 2023
  • Leading the WAI ML Paper Reading Club across the APAC Chapters
  • August 2022 - Present

    Blogs


    Interviews

  • WAI Myanmar will grow exponentially once the country’s political situation stabilizes
  • Get into the Mind of an Entrepreneur: Women in Tech (2)
  • ボランティアにも全力投球
  • ミャンマーの女性はエンジニアを目指すことをためらわない
  • 学ぶ意志と教育へのサポートがあったからこそ今の私がある