Jiajun Shen is a Research Engineering Manager at DeepMind with 12 years of experience specializing in machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, and NLP. He has led large-scale and efficient learning initiatives across industry research teams, previously serving as Chief AI Scientist at TCL Research and a Research Scientist at Facebook AI. His background blends rigorous academic training—a PhD and master's from The University of Chicago—with hands-on research internships at Microsoft and product-facing stints at Facebook and Morgan Stanley. Known for scaling representation learning and pushing efficiency in large models, he brings both strategic leadership and deep technical expertise to bridge research and production. Based in England, he combines global research experience with a track record of building practical ML systems at scale.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at The University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Jiajun Shen - Research Engineering Manager at DeepMind