Business Application & Backend Developer · Fribourg, Switzerland

Jinyan
Shao

I turn complex business rules into reliable software.

Available
Term time: Fridays
Weekend work by arrangement · weekly hours to agree
Permit
Swiss B residence permit · authorised to work in Switzerland
French
B2 · studying for a BSc in French at HEIA-FR (HES-SO)
Jinyan Shao smiling outdoors in the sunlight

1.4 years of Python in production

HRBP experience: I understand workflows and people

now: business applications and backend

01 — Selected independent projects

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02 — Proof

Evidence I can explain.

Speed

402min

Daily data job: from 40 minutes to 2

How

Automated a production data workflow that previously took about 40 minutes to complete manually.

Ownership

3modules

Production FastAPI modules, developed and maintained

How

Live-streaming business data, host scheduling, third-party data sync — at Hangzhou Starlink. Including production incidents, GitLab CI and code reviews.

Learning

1stthree years

Top of my three-year Software Technology diploma · National Scholarship · Shanghai Outstanding Graduate

Academic record

Three-year Software Technology diploma, Shanghai · China National Scholarship · Shanghai Outstanding Graduate · Lanqiao Cup (Blue Bridge Cup), Java: 1st prize in Shanghai and an award of excellence in the national final.

03 — For your team

What I can take on for your team.

01

Backend features, with tests

APIs and business logic in C#/.NET or Python/FastAPI.

How

APIs and business logic in C#/.NET or Python/FastAPI, with the rules written as code and covered by automated tests.

→ 3 FastAPI modules in production · code reviews · xUnit · pytest

02

Automating manual work

Data imports, scheduled jobs and reports.

How

Data imports, scheduled jobs and reports that people still do by hand.

→ daily data job: 40 min → 2 min · HR reporting: ~20% less manual work

03

Business workflows, from HRBP to code

Workflow thinking informed by HRBP experience in China.

How

As an HR Business Partner in China, I supported data and digital teams, rebuilt their hiring process and used Python and SQL for HR reporting. That experience helps me ask better questions about a workflow before writing code.

→ 30–50 people supported · interview cycle about one-third shorter · CEO reference below

04 — References

What employers and a teacher put in writing.

English excerpts translated from French documents.

01 — CEOXie Shujun“…her ability to learn across fields and to turn her ideas into reality quickly.”Full excerpt

“During a company salary-band adjustment, she took the initiative to create a reporting tool based on AWS and SQL, allowing management to monitor the pay structure and the gaps against the market in real time. Although this task was not part of her direct responsibilities, it shows her ability to learn across fields and to turn her ideas into reality quickly.”

Xie Shujun

CEO · Junyi (Hong Kong) Digital Technology

Recommendation dated 29 Oct 2025 · HRBP role Mar 2023 – May 2024

02 — General ManagerMinhui Sun“…design and implementation of the data interfaces according to product specifications.”Full excerpt

“Development and maintenance of the code for the back-end system of the company’s main activities; design and implementation of the data interfaces according to product specifications; participation in the deployment, testing and optimisation of the internal operations-automation tools; […] taking part in code reviews and technical discussions.”

Minhui Sun

General Manager · Hangzhou Starlink Engine Network Technology

Employment certificate issued Oct 2025 · role Oct 2021 – Feb 2023

03 — TeacherZhang Qin“…she was an attentive student, always carefully checking her code before compiling it.”Full excerpt

“[…] she obtained 96% in Fondamentaux de la programmation […] She also developed a firm sense of code architecture […] In class, she was an attentive student, always carefully checking her code before compiling it.”

Zhang Qin

Teacher · Shanghai Lida University

Academic recommendation · taught me from 2018 and supervised my final-year integrated practice

05 — Stack

Skills

Click a skill to show the related work.

Independent applications · C#/.NET
Commercial foundation · Python, used in production
Engineering toolkit

Python

Commercial foundation

Used in

→ Production work in Hangzhou

→ HR reporting

→ Data-governance internship, Shanghai (2021)

→ Order Management API

→ Clinical Data Platform

Commercial foundation

Python, FastAPI, SQL, Pandas · production backend work

Independent applications

C#, ASP.NET Core, Angular, SQL Server · inspect the Helvetic Operations Platform

Engineering toolkit

Docker, CI, OpenAPI, xUnit and pytest · evidence in the case studies

Independent applications
Commercial foundation
Engineering toolkit

06 — Contact

Let's build something reliable.

Practical details permit, languages & more
Languages
Chinese (native) · French B2, my degree at HEIA-FR is taught in French · English B1 · German beginner
Certification
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (2025)

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