Summary
Jiaxin L is a product-minded software leader and founder with nine years building large-scale recommendation, personalization, and AI systems across tech giants and startups. Currently a Harvard MBA candidate, she co-founded Promi (YC S24) and Growbie, a platform helping immigrants and international students build career power skills through coaching, content, and community. Previously an early overseas employee in ByteDance/TikTok, staff engineer at Uber AI Delivery, and recommendation lead at Google Shopping, she combines hands-on engineering with go-to-market and corporate development experience. She also has a track record of founding consumer platforms (Chidu, Jvshijian) that grew to tens of thousands of users and advising startups on generative AI and image segmentation. Based in the Bay Area, Jiaxin blends deep technical chops (GIS/front-end interests indicated on GitHub) with entrepreneurial grit and a passion for unlocking opportunity for immigrant professionals.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Information Technology, Electrical and Information Technology at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Master of Computer Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Master of Computer Science Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate at Stanford University
Chinese, English