Henghui Zhu
Applied Scientist
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorHenghui Zhu is an applied scientist with nine years of experience building and deploying machine learning and NLP solutions, currently contributing to Figma after a multi-year tenure at AWS. He holds a PhD in Systems Engineering from Boston University and combines strong mathematical foundations with practical expertise in Python, C++, SQL, and MATLAB. Henghui has advanced hands-on experience across deep learning frameworks, NLP pipelines, and distributed/cluster computing, moving research prototypes into production at scale. His background includes clinical informatics and multiple internships that reflect an ability to translate domain knowledge into robust AI systems. At AWS he progressed from intern to senior applied scientist, demonstrating both technical depth and impact in cloud-native ML services. Colleagues describe him as a mathematically rigorous problem-solver who thrives on bridging academic research with product-focused engineering.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (26)
pytorch10
python10
machine-learning10
natural-language-processing10
nlp10
transformers9
language-model9
bert9
tensorflow9
deep-learning9
speech-recognition9
transformer9
pubmed8
jax8
seq2seq7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
noc-lab/simple_sentence_segment
Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:13 commits in 9 months
henghuiz/feature_enrich_negation
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:3 commits in 8 days
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