Hanze Li
Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent) at Cresta
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolHanze Li is a Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in AI Agents with nine years of experience building production ML systems and developer-facing automation. Currently at Cresta, he focuses on agentic LLM workflows for contact centers, after driving AI-assisted cloud migration and RAG-powered code translation at Next Pathway. His background blends an MScAC in AI and Engineering Science in Robotics from the University of Toronto with hands-on work in recommender systems, NLP, and geospatial backend engineering. Hanze has a track record of shipping secure, scalable pipelines and validation frameworks that include synthetic testing and auto-patching—skills informed by research on LLMs and embodied AI. Colleagues know him for turning research-grade models into reliable product features and for pragmatically automating complex, cross-functional workflows.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC), AI, Master of Science in Applied Computing (MScAC), AI at University of Toronto
English, ChineseProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
litosly/thesis
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:80 commits, 69 pushes in 1 year 1 month
litosly/RankingOptimizationApproachtoLLC
Jul 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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