Summary
Charlie Li is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-throughput systems that drive business outcomes, currently designing the decision engines that manage over $30B of Amazon’s excess inventory. He has deep expertise in predictive modeling, model deployment, and low-latency feature pipelines from roles at Amazon and TripAdvisor where he shipped ranking and recommendation systems at scale. Charlie excels at integrating ML platforms (Seldon, MLflow) and automating the A/B testing lifecycle to accelerate iteration and revenue impact. His background spans full-stack engineering and data infrastructure—decomposing monoliths into microservices, building ETLs, and optimizing feature retrieval for millions of daily requests. He brings an uncommon mix of product-minded engineering and hands-on ML operations, plus early-stage startup experience as a co-founder, which sharpens his focus on pragmatic, measurable results. Based in Bellevue, WA, he combines academic rigor (Carleton University) with a track record of turning complex data problems into production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin College
Bachelor of Computer Science with High Distinction, Minor in Business, 3.84/4 GPA, Bachelor of Computer Science with High Distinction, Minor in Business, 3.84/4 GPA at Carleton University
Diploma, High School, Diploma, High School at Nepean High School