Tong Li
ML Engineer at Cresta
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolTong Li is an ML Engineer with a PhD in Mathematics and nine years of industry experience building production ML systems at Meta, Pinterest, Layer 6, Amazon and Bloomberg before joining Cresta. He combines deep theoretical training in algebraic and differential geometry with practical software engineering—authoring C tools during his doctoral research and shipping ML features at scale across recommendation and applied AI teams. Tong pairs rigorous mathematical modeling with hands-on coding (including hobby AI agents for games), making him fluent at turning abstract theory into performant production models. Based in Toronto, he brings both academic depth and cross‑company product experience to solve complex, data‑driven problems.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics at Peking UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mathematics at University of Pennsylvania
Chinese, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
universe1987/LEDGeometry
May 2021 - Oct 2024
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 3 years 5 months
universe1987/RedEnvelope
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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