Summary
Nan Li is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading mobile and platform teams at payments and health-tech companies, now managing engineering at Venmo after roles at PayPal and Medidata. He combines hands-on expertise building and testing native iOS and Android apps with deep research-driven experience in model-based, mutation, and big-data testing gained during a Ph.D. in software engineering. Known for developing multiple test frameworks for mobile, Hadoop/MapReduce and general-purpose applications, he bridges academic rigor and product delivery to improve test automation and reliability at scale. Based in the United States, he mentors teams across the stack and brings a rare mix of research pedigree and practical shipping experience to complex testing and mobile engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Software Engineering, Bachelor, Software Engineering at Beihang University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Technology with Concentration in Software Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Technology with Concentration in Software Engineering at George Mason University
Chinese, English