Summary
Vanessa Li is a freelance software developer based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building high-performance C++ systems for audio and music applications. Her background blends an MSc in Architectural Sciences and a B.Mus, informing work at Pandora, Rdio, Avid, and research roles where she focused on real-time audio, binaural models, psychoacoustics, and speech intelligibility. She has repeatedly bridged engineering and acoustics to deliver low-latency audio solutions and acoustic modeling tools, often using MATLAB for prototyping and C++ for production. As an independent consultant since 2018, she combines industry-scale engineering rigor with creative signal-processing research—an unusual mix that lets her tackle both system architecture and perceptual evaluation.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Architectural Sciences, M.Sc. Architectural Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
B.Mus. Honours, B.Mus. Honours at McGill University