Summary
Lingxi Li is a San Francisco–based software engineer with nine years of experience blending product engineering, research, and startup grit to ship impactful systems. Trained in AI (MS, UMass Amherst) and grounded in full-stack and platform work, Lingxi has moved between HCI/biomedical NLP research and production engineering roles, most recently leading platform core design at Contextual AI and building product at Cursor. They have hands-on ML experience in object detection, target tracking, and generative/biomedical NLP, and have published work from the BioNLP Lab. As a founder of a consumer learning app with 60k+ downloads and strong UX accolades, Lingxi pairs design sensibility with data-driven decision making. Colleagues describe them as a “renaissance engineer” who crafts experiences down to the finest detail while bridging research and product execution.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science - MS Computer Science Artificial Intelligence at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chinese, English