Nick Fanding
Machine Learning Engineer, Tech Lead at 字节跳动
Haidian District, Beijing, China
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Top SchoolNick 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
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Github Skills (12)
q-learning10
python9
paddlepaddle9
scalability8
deep-learning8
distributed-training8
machine-learning8
python-server7
neural-network7
tensorflow5
numpy4
jekyll3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nick6918/MyMachineLearning
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
nick6918/ThingCloud
Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:22 PRs, 521 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 2 months
python-serverpython
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