Huayu Zhang
Senior Software Engineer at TikTok
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Top SchoolHuayu Zhang is a Senior Software Engineer based in Shanghai with 11 years of experience building data-driven systems and ranking platforms for major tech companies. He has driven core ads ranking and sales data platform work at Meta and now contributes to large-scale product and recommendation systems at TikTok. His background blends strong academic training—dual M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Wisconsin–Madison and an Engineering Physics BS from Tsinghua—with hands-on research experience in medical image segmentation and network infrastructure. Known for working at the intersection of algorithms and production engineering, he moves models from research to reliable, scalable services. Colleagues would describe him as analytically rigorous yet pragmatic, able to bridge low-level systems thinking with high-level product goals. Outside core work he maintains a professional webpage showcasing projects and technical notes, reflecting a continuous drive to document and share practical engineering solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, 3.94, Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, 3.94 at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor's degree, Engineering Physics, 92, Bachelor's degree, Engineering Physics, 92 at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English
Stackoverflow
207reputation
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Github Skills (14)
python7
csharp7
php7
cpp7
objective-c6
apache-spark6
vim6
android-camera6
boofcv6
linux-kernel6
android6
android-hardware6
ruby6
grpc5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GUG11/parallelSGD
Sep 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:33 commits, 21 pushes in 1 year 5 months
GUG11/HDR
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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