Shangwu Yao
Senior Software Engineer at Waymo
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolShangwu Yao is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with nine years of experience specializing in GPU compute, deep learning, and performance optimization across hardware-software stacks. At Waymo and previously at Apple, he has driven low-level performance work—tuning neural networks on ASIC accelerators and optimizing AR/VR computer vision pipelines—while supporting GPU compiler and driver toolchains. His background blends academic rigor from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford with practical wins such as a 3x speedup in deep learning pipelines by reducing CPU–GPU transfer and reworking iteration patterns. Comfortable across compiler, driver, and ML accelerator domains, he focuses on co-designing algorithms and systems to squeeze out real-world efficiency gains. Colleagues rely on him for turning research ideas into production-grade optimizations that materially improve throughput and latency.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Wuhan UniversityMaster's degree, Master's degree at Carnegie Mellon UniversitySCPD, Computer Science, SCPD, Computer Science at Stanford University
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Github Skills (47)
modular10
python10
data-science10
llvm10
scikit10
statistics10
machine-learning10
scikit-learn10
toolchain10
compiler10
clang10
data-analysis10
ssh6
ruby-on-rails6
heroku6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ShangwuYao/rails_e_commerce_application
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:67 pushes, 9 branches in 10 days
ShangwuYao/NTU_MachineLearning
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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