Jinlai Xu
Researcher Engineer, AML at ByteDance
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJinlai Xu is a researcher-engineer with 12 years of experience building distributed systems and infrastructure, currently advancing AML and LLM-support technologies at ByteDance from Bellevue. He holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh with a strong academic record (3.955/4.0) and a research background in fog/edge and cloud computing, stream processing optimization, and blockchain techniques. Jinlai has practical industry experience from roles at ByteDance and a stream-processing internship at Facebook, combining deep research instincts with production-facing engineering. He has taught cloud computing and security courses, reflecting a talent for explaining complex systems and mentoring others. Notably, he helps power platforms that support dozens of LLM vendors and thousands of applications, demonstrating impact at massive scale beyond typical infrastructure work.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Software Engineering, 89.93/100, MS, Computer Software Engineering, 89.93/100 at China University of GeosciencesDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Science/Studies, 3.955/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information Science/Studies, 3.955/4.0 at University of Pittsburgh - School of Information SciencesMiddle School Affiliated to Wuhan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (30)
pytorch10
parallel10
python10
large-language-models10
reinforcement-learning10
java10
llm10
cuda10
ray10
optimization10
data-science9
scaling9
amd9
llm-inference9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
xujinlai/blog
Jan 2014 - Oct 2018
Contributions:267 commits, 92 pushes in 4 years 10 months
xujinlai/homepage
May 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:100 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
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