Lingyong Wang
Staff Software Engineer at Netflix
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolLingyong Wang is a Staff Software Engineer based in Palo Alto with a decade-long track record building data-driven systems and machine learning infrastructure. He progressed from engineering roles at Groupon—where he led projects like a 100+‑point ETL/feature catalog (QED) and urgency-based personalization campaigns—to senior and staff positions at Netflix. His strength is turning research-grade ideas into production: publications at IEEE and contributions to self-service ML platforms demonstrate both academic rigor and pragmatic delivery. Comfortable across backend services, ETL, and experimentation systems, he has repeatedly led design and implementation efforts that improve model pipelines and conversion metrics. Notably, he was recognized as an outstanding teaching assistant early in his career, reflecting a knack for mentoring and clear technical communication. He holds an MS in Computer Science from UIUC and pairs algorithmic thinking with hands-on shipping experience at scale.
1 year of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Michigan State University
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (3)
hugo9
datadog9
documentation8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
DataDog/documentation
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
The source for Datadog's documentation site.
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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