Summary
Jiahao Y is a Senior Data Scientist and machine learning engineer with nine years of experience building large-scale, production ML systems across ads, entertainment, and finance. Currently at Airbnb, he focuses on recommendation systems for guests and hosts after driving ad relevance, auction modeling, audience targeting, dynamic pricing, and demand forecasting as a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon. His background spans recommender systems, NLP, CV, causal inference, reinforcement learning, and forecasting, combined with hands-on ML system design and deployment from his earlier work in trading and NLP at State Street. Trained in business analytics and mathematics, he blends quantitative rigor with product-aware engineering to deliver scalable, impact-focused solutions. A pragmatic problem solver, he pairs deep modeling skills with production experience to translate complex data into measurable business outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Business Analytics, Master of Science - MS Business Analytics at Texas McCombs School of Business
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics at Indiana University Bloomington