Linghua Zhang
LLM Algorithm Engineer at 阿里巴巴
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLinghua Zhang is an LLM algorithm engineer and software developer with 15 years of experience blending cloud-native engineering and full-stack development, currently working on agentic RL at Alibaba. He honed TypeScript and JavaScript skills at Alibaba Cloud and gained fast-paced startup exposure at ByteDance before pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science at Rice University. A Zhejiang University alumnus with a 3.79 GPA, he brings strong academic foundations to applied AI system design and productionization. Based in Houston, he is passionate about building AI-driven software and bridging research ideas with scalable engineering—often favoring pragmatic, production-first solutions over academic elegance. An understated trait: he pairs deep industry experience with a hacker’s curiosity (his GitHub bio playfully lists him as “hobo”), signaling a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem solving.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of computer science, Computer Science, Master of computer science, Computer Science at Rice UniversityBachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, 3.79/4.00, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, 3.79/4.00 at Zhejiang University
Github Skills (85)
hammerspoon10
zip10
graph10
like-button10
jekyll10
irc10
markdown9
photography9
knowledge-management9
knowledge-graph9
clojure9
swift9
trello9
lua9
org-mode9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
waynezhang/blog
Dec 2011 - Dec 2021
Contributions:196 commits, 1 PR, 40 pushes in 10 years 2 months
jekyll
waynezhang/dotfiles
Jun 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:92 pushes, 1 comment in 9 years 9 months
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