Eric Zeng is a Machine Learning Engineer in New York with nine years of experience building production ML systems and quantitative finance tooling. He has transitioned from quantitative developer roles at hedge funds to senior infrastructure work at Bloomberg (BQuant, C++ core community) and now focuses on ranking, scaling laws, and AI agents at Meta. Comfortable across C++ and Python, he blends backend engineering rigor with statistical modeling to extract alpha from alternative data and operationalize models at scale. He holds dual MS degrees in Data Science and Financial Engineering, reflecting a strong quantitative foundation paired with practical software delivery. Known for bridging research and production, he brings a pragmatic focus on scalable, high-performance ML systems that support both finance and consumer AI use cases.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Financial Engineering, Master of Science - MS Financial Engineering at Baruch College
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at New York University
Bachelor's degree Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Bachelor's degree Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Sun Yat-sen University
Contributions:64 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 3 years 2 months
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Eric Zeng - Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Meta