Chao Ma
Research Scientist at Meta
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChao Ma is a software engineer with 11 years of experience blending embedded systems, backend services, and ML research—currently contributing to Alexa’s perception engine at Amazon using C++ in Waltham, MA. He has built scalable backend applications for large organizations (ByteDance’s HR platform serving ~30,000 employees) and full‑stack research tools in Python/Flask from earlier roles. His academic background spans electrical engineering and information systems (Boston University and Northeastern), complemented by an international exchange at the University of Wollongong, reflecting both systems depth and cross‑disciplinary curiosity. Colleagues would describe him as pragmatic and hands‑on: he pairs low‑level embedded work with ML research instincts and a track record of shipping production software across diverse teams.
11 years of coding experience
BE, Computer Science, BE, Computer Science at Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeePhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
English, Chinese
Github Skills (60)
analytics9
sql9
database9
cpp9
rust9
embedded9
clickhouse8
dbms8
clustering8
cloud-native8
ai8
big-data8
similarity8
nearest-neighbors8
mysql8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nkg114mc/cute-mpi-interface
Dec 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
nkg114mc/sfnnue-intro
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:10 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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