Ling Zhang is a versatile Android and full‑stack developer with 13 years of experience building production web and mobile products and shipping ML-driven features in startups and large tech firms. As an early engineer and technical lead at aiden.ai, Ling architected core services, introduced functional programming practices, and drove hiring and engineering processes that scaled the team through acquisition by Twitter. At Twitter they progressed to staff engineering roles, bringing expertise in ML, NLP, and speech recognition to large-scale ads and data systems. Known for long nights debugging tricky integrations, Ling pairs rigorous statistical thinking with pragmatic product focus and occasional conference talks. Based in London, they combine startup grit with enterprise discipline and a knack for using functional techniques to reduce classes of bugs and speed development.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, summa cum laude at New York University Abu Dhabi
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