Qiming Chen is a Software Engineer based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building large-scale search, recommendation, and infrastructure systems at Facebook. He combines a rigorous academic foundation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Columbia (MS, 3.9 GPA) with hands-on research internships at Microsoft Research Asia and Facebook, contributing to projects spanning search ranking, recommendation (Voyager), and datacenter tooling. Comfortable across Java, C++, and C#, he has bridged research and production—publishing or co-authoring work in computer vision and building production-ready distributed search and input-method systems. Bilingual in English and Mandarin, he has taught algorithms and led TA duties, demonstrating both technical depth and mentoring ability. A detail that stands out: he has repeatedly moved ideas from academic prototypes into operational systems, reflecting an unusual blend of research rigor and production engineering.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.9, Master's Degree, Computer Science, GPA: 3.9 at Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 85/100, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 85/100 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
openpilot is an open source driver assistance system. openpilot performs the functions of Automated Lane Centering and Adaptive Cruise Control for over 85 supported car makes and models.
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