Summary
Christine Neyer is a Senior Engineering Manager in Sunnyvale with 13 years of experience blending machine learning research and production software engineering, currently leading teams at Yahoo. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill and has deep expertise in statistical shape modeling, longitudinal and spatiotemporal analysis, and dimensionality reduction—skills she has applied to large-scale identity graphs, medical imaging pipelines, and high-throughput backend systems. Christine is comfortable switching between hands-on algorithm design (C++, C#, Matlab) and managing engineering delivery, having improved data-processing efficiency by 90% in research contexts and built scalable relevance systems at Xobni. She favors hybrid roles that sit at the intersection of data science and software engineering and is known for turning complex statistical models into production-ready solutions. An experienced educator and researcher, she brings rigorous analytical thinking and a track record of practical impact across both academia and industry.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Peking University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
English, Chinese, Chinese