Jennifer Z
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJennifer Z is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with eight years of experience building data-driven services and ML-powered features for PowerPoint Online and Office 365. With a PhD in condensed matter physics and a graduate minor in statistics, she blends deep quantitative rigor with practical engineering—designing data architectures and automated modeling pipelines to optimize service efficiency and drive user growth. Her background spans end-to-end ML systems, real-time prediction for data centers, and scalable WebAPI deployments, with fluency in C#, Java, Python, R, SQL and cloud-native tooling. Known for clear cross-functional communication and a structured approach, she converts complex experiments and time-series insights into production-ready solutions. An early researcher in nanoparticle R&D, she brings an uncommon mix of experimental science discipline and software craftsmanship to product-focused data science.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Minor, Statistics, 4.0, Graduate Minor, Statistics, 4.0 at Florida State UniversityPh.D. graduate student, Physics, Ph.D. graduate student, Physics at Arizona State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Condensed Matter Physcis, 3.82/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Condensed Matter Physcis, 3.82/4.0 at Florida State Univeristy/ National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryBachelor's degree, Physics, Bachelor's degree, Physics at Guangxi Normal University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
prediction10
time-series-forecasting10
arima10
forecasting9
time-series8
xgboost7
machine-learning7
deep-learning7
Github contributions (5)
Jenniferz28/Time-Series-ARIMA-XGBOOST-RNN
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:51 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
forecastingxgboostindividualrnnarima
Jenniferz28/Kaggle-Don-tGetKicked
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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