Louis Lu is a ✨ highly competent ✨ Software Engineer at Westpac New Zealand, passionate about building scalable software and AI-powered applications.
I bridge banking-grade enterprise software with modern AI/LLM solutions, making me well-suited for remote roles in the US and Australia.
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- 🔭 Currently based in New Zealand, working on enterprise banking systems and AI side projects.
- 🌱 Expanding expertise in React, Python, Java, AWS, and AI/ML (LLMs, Hugging Face, Google Gemini API).
- 🤖 Exploring LLMs, Computer Vision, Robotics, and MLOps for future projects.
- 💡 Open to remote opportunities in the US and Australia where I can combine software engineering with AI innovation.
- 😄 Building cool things like:
- 📘 Online Bookshelf
- 🧠 NZLouis AI Quiz – AI-powered quiz generator using Hugging Face + Gemini API
- nzlouis-ai-quiz – AI-assisted quiz platform (Next.js + Hugging Face + Google Gemini API).
- Hugging Face Experiments – Fine-tuning and deploying models for NLP tasks.
- LLM Integrations – Prototypes integrating Google Gemini API into web applications.
👉 Check my pinned repositories below for live demos and code.
Artificial Intelligence Hugging Face Python React Google Gemini AWS NodeJS Java Spring JavaScript TypeScript Next JS React Native Redux MongoDB MySQL Git
✅ Proven experience in enterprise software (Banking, Investment, Insurance)
✅ Building AI-driven apps with Hugging Face + Google Gemini API
✅ Comfortable collaborating across time zones (New Zealand ↔ US/Australia)
✅ Strong communication, documentation, and agile delivery
📫 How to reach me: nzlouis.com | LinkedIn