Summary
Nick Fanding is a Machine Learning Engineer and tech lead with 11 years of experience building AI-driven recommendation, search ads, and marketplace algorithms at top companies including ByteDance, Alibaba (Lazada), and Microsoft. He combines strong C++/Python engineering skills and data-structures knowledge with practical deep learning expertise across CV, NLP, click prediction and reinforcement learning, delivering measurable growth in ad traffic and revenue. At ByteDance he leads a team driving search ad growth for Douyin through feed and query recommendation strategies, and at Lazada he owned high-impact marketing and item-selection algorithms for flash sales and promotions. Trained in automation and industrial design at Zhejiang University with exchange CS coursework at SUTD, he brings a product-aware perspective and multilingual communication (English, Mandarin, basic Japanese) that helps bridge research, engineering, and business stakeholders. An avid traveler and AI enthusiast, he pairs hands-on model work with system-level thinking to ship production-ready ML solutions.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange student Computer Science, Exchange student Computer Science at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Bachelor's degree Automation Engineer Technology/Technician, Bachelor's degree Automation Engineer Technology/Technician at Zhejiang University
Chinese, Japanese, Chinese