Kailin Zheng
Product Manager II at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKailin Zheng is a product manager with nine years of cross-disciplinary experience building user-centric experiences at Microsoft’s Xbox team, where she shipped features like Compact Mode, Full Screen Experience, and a Handheld Compatibility program. Trained in both computer science and comparative literature (NYU) with an MS in CS focused on machine learning (UPenn), she thrives at the intersection of technical rigor and human-centered storytelling. Her background spans data engineering, A/B experimentation, and product lifecycles—from prototyping and backend pipelines to launching scalable consumer features. She brings a research-driven PM approach, synthesizing user research, social feedback, and analytics into actionable roadmaps. Comfortable switching contexts—from translating French music texts to leading cross-functional feature crews—she values measurable user impact and enjoys reading player feedback as a touchstone for product decisions. Based in Seattle, she combines technical fluency with a rare humanities-informed perspective that shapes empathetic, well-crafted product experiences.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Comparative Literature, B.A., Comparative Literature at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Comparative Literature, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Comparative Literature at New York UniversityShanghai High SchoolMaster of Science in Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, Master of Science in Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (12)
agile4
recipe4
nlp3
spring3
agile-development3
pipeline3
natural-language-processing2
machine-learning2
gymnasium1
reinforcement-learning1
nlu1
deep-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kz882/recipe
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
recipe recommendation pipeline system for NLP class Fall 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 26 PRs, 30 pushes in 24 days
nlpfallpipelinereciperecommendation
kz882/agile-warmup
Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
local repository for agile software development
Contributions:1 PR, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
agileagile-development
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