Caiqian Cheng
Senior Software Engineer (E5) at Meta
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolCaiqian Cheng is a Senior Software Engineer at Meta (WhatsApp) with seven years of experience building production-grade systems across major tech companies. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from UCSD and has augmented his education with an exchange at UC Berkeley and research experience at UCSF, blending strong academic foundations with industry impact. Caiqian’s background spans applied machine learning and systems roles—from applied scientist intern at Tencent Youtu Lab to software internships at Amazon and Intel—giving him a rare mix of ML research intuition and large-scale engineering execution. At Meta he progressed rapidly through E3 to E5, contributing to core product and platform work for messaging at scale. Based in Sunnyvale, he brings cross-cultural experience from studying and working in China and the US, which helps him navigate global engineering challenges. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who moves seamlessly between prototyping ML ideas and delivering reliable, scalable services.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange student Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Exchange student Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at UC San Diego Jacobs School of EngineeringBachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Southeast UniversityResearch Assistant Peder Larson's Lab, Research Assistant Peder Larson's Lab at University of California, San Francisco
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Github Skills (29)
octave9
zenodo9
image-reconstruction9
matlab9
connectivity9
doi9
meta-analysis9
mri9
prototyping8
bids8
imaging8
toolbox8
brain-imaging7
neuroimaging7
rebase6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
AndyMoriaty/AndyMoriaty.github.io
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
AndyMoriaty/hyperpolarized-mri-toolbox
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
The goal of this toolbox is to provide research-level and prototyping software tools for hyperpolarized MRI experiments. It is currently based on MATLAB code, and includes code for designing radiofrequency (RF) pulses, readout gradients, data reconstruction, and data analysis.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
neurosciencegradientsgoalreadoutprototyping
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