Summary
Fumian Chen is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with a decade of experience building production-ready AI/ML systems and data platforms, now driving ML at Zscaler. He holds a PhD in Financial Services Analytics and blends research rigor with practical engineering—designing scalable LLM and RAG-powered applications and building vector search pipelines with Milvus. Proficient in Python, FastAPI, Docker, and cloud-native tooling on Azure/AWS, he has delivered ETL, REST APIs, and automated workflows that reduced costs and improved operational reliability. Notably, he led a seven-million-document migration to Elasticsearch and guided a cross-functional team to modernize a disaster research data system. A fast learner who thrives under resource constraints, he pairs teaching and mentorship experience with hands-on deployment and CI/CD best practices. Explore his work at https://fm-chen.github.io/.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Beijing Jiaotong University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Financial Services Analytics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Financial Services Analytics at University of Delaware