Lili Deng is a software engineer based in Seattle with 14 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems and real-time applications. She has worked across major technology and healthcare platforms, spending six years at Epic before joining Meta in 2020 where she continues to tackle high-throughput, production-grade services. Her academic background is interdisciplinary—B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Tsinghua, an M.S. in Computer Science from UW–Madison, and Ph.D. work in Physics—bringing strong analytical rigor to system design and performance optimization. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who translates complex theoretical concepts into reliable, maintainable code. Though not prolific on GitHub, her impact is evident in large engineering organizations where shipping robust, scalable systems matters most.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics at Tsinghua University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of Florida
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