Ling Zhang
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Adobe
Cupertino, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLing Zhang is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of experience applying statistical rigor to real-world problems across finance, academia, and enterprise. With a Ph.D. in Statistics and deep expertise in survival analysis, feature screening, and experimental design, she bridges advanced statistical theory and production ML at Adobe. Her background in quantitative analytics at Wells Fargo included vendor model validation and fair-lending compliance, showing an ability to deliver robust, audit-ready models under regulatory constraints. She also contributes to systems-level open source work—implementing and optimizing core database operators for CMU’s NoisePage—demonstrating low-level engineering chops beyond typical ML roles. Known for disciplined, steady execution (“inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work”), she combines meticulous data science with pragmatic software engineering to move projects from research to production.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics and Statistics, 3.8+, BS, Mathematics and Statistics, 3.8+ at Beijing Normal UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics, 3.9+, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics, 3.9+ at Penn State UniversityFujian Normal University Affiliated High SchoolMaster’s Degree, Statistics, 3.9+, Master’s Degree, Statistics, 3.9+ at Auburn University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (15)
databases10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sql10
relational-databases10
dbm10
dbms10
sql-database10
database10
data-structure9
performance-optimization9
data-structures9
algorithm9
algorithms9
testing7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cmu-db/noisepage
Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
Self-Driving Database Management System from Carnegie Mellon University
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 5 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Ling primarily focused on implementing and modifying physical operators within the database system. Their work included the development of sequential scans, index scans, and external file scans, as well as the integration of various join operations. They also addressed multiple bug fixes and performed code improvements for existing features such as aggregate functions, distinct operations, and sorting capabilities. Furthermore, the user's contributions extended to optimizing and fixing errors related to the comparison and hashing functions within the core database components.
management-systemdbmsdatabase-management-systemcarnegie-mellon-universityself-driving
mush-zhang/terrier
May 2019 - Feb 2021
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Contributions:13 PRs, 257 pushes, 38 branches in 1 year 9 months
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