Jason Lee
Principal Research Scientist at Salesforce
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJason Lee is a Principal Research Scientist based in Redmond with 11 years of experience advancing machine learning and AI across industry-leading teams, currently at Salesforce AI Research. His career spans high-impact research and production roles at Cruise, Tesla Autopilot Vision, Google Brain/Translate, and Facebook AI Research, blending deep academic training (PhD-level work across NYU, ETH Zürich, and Cambridge) with hands-on product deployment. He specializes in bridging cutting-edge research and real-world systems, particularly in perception and large-scale ML applications for autonomy and language. Notably, he has moved fluidly between research labs and engineering organizations—serving both the Office of the CTO at Cruise and applied Autopilot teams at Tesla—demonstrating an ability to translate novel ideas into operational products. His background suggests strong interdisciplinary fluency across computer vision, language, and systems, with a penchant for tackling safety-critical, production-scale ML challenges.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at New York UniversityMaster of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Advanced Computer Science, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Advanced Computer Science at University of CambridgeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Korean Minjok Leadership AcademyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD (transfer) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (transfer) Computer Science at ETH Zürich
Korean, Japanese, English, German
Github Skills (36)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jaseleephd/jaseleephd.github.io
Jul 2019 - Mar 2024
Contributions:80 pushes in 4 years 8 months
jasonleeinf/dotfiles
Nov 2015 - Jan 2019
Contributions:83 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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