Summary
Na Chen is a seasoned engineering manager and mentor with 11+ years building privacy-aware, product-focused systems for ad tech and video monetization. With a PhD in computer science from USC and experience across Google, Facebook/Meta, and Databricks, she blends research-grade ML expertise (NLP, deep learning, reinforcement learning) with hands-on full-stack delivery of ads ranking, targeting, and brand-safety platforms at scale. She has led teams that design privacy frameworks protecting user data while optimizing video and in-stream ad performance, moving models from prediction research into production systems. Based in Hangzhou and now at Meta, Na is equally comfortable driving infra and product roadmaps and mentoring engineers through complex tradeoffs between privacy, performance, and revenue. An uncommon strength is her background spanning academic research and large-scale productionization, enabling pragmatic innovation grounded in rigorous methods.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese