Qin Li
Lead Distinguished Software Engineer at The Trade Desk
Laguna Hills, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolQin Li is a Lead Distinguished Software Engineer with a PhD in Computer Science and over a decade of experience designing high-performance, distributed systems. Based in Laguna Hills, California, he has risen through technical ranks at The Trade Desk after an extensive engineering tenure at Microsoft, consistently driving architecture and scalability improvements across ad tech and cloud platforms. His background blends rigorous research from Beihang University with practical production engineering, delivering low-latency, HPC-style solutions for large-scale services. Known for advancing both system design and execution, he frequently leads cross-functional teams to turn complex distributed problems into reliable, performant products. Outside of work his public GitHub site showcases deeper technical explorations and experiments that reflect a research-minded approach to practical engineering.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
High School Juvenile Class for Exceptionally Gifted Children, High School Juvenile Class for Exceptionally Gifted Children at Nanchang No 10 Middle SchoolDoctor Computer Software and Theory, Doctor Computer Software and Theory at Beihang University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (8)
react9
typescript8
antd7
ui-components7
react-components7
language-design6
ui-design6
counting5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
liqinexplore/liqinexplore.github.io
Jun 2016 - Aug 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
qingege/react_draft
Mar 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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