Chandler ZZZ is a Tech Lead Manager based in New York with 11 years of experience bridging statistical rigor and production ML, currently leading LLAMA research and prior work on state-of-the-art retrieval and ranking for Facebook, Instagram, and Reels. He combines a Ph.D. in Statistics and a Master’s in Computer Science to drive large-scale graph learning, distributed training, quantization, and robust evaluation pipelines that have been productionized across Meta apps. Earlier roles span NLP and time-series work in finance and media—building sentiment pipelines, LSTM-based regime detectors, and Bayesian customer models that materially improved revenue and prediction accuracy. Known for taking 0→1 projects into production, he pairs deep theoretical background (MCMC, importance sampling, hierarchical models) with pragmatic engineering for scalable systems. A detail that sets him apart: he has consistently led cross-disciplinary launches that translate advanced research into measurable product impact.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Statistics at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Economics Statistics, Bachelor of Economics Statistics at Renmin University of China
Hgh School Diploma Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities, Hgh School Diploma Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities at Zhenjiang High School
Contributions:70 commits, 15 PRs, 82 pushes in 6 years
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