Xiao Ling
Software Engineer at Alation
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiao Ling is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area with 13 years of experience building production ML and data-driven systems across startups and large tech companies. After a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington, Xiao contributed to research and product engineering at Lattice Data, Apple (as a machine learning engineer), and a startup acquired by Alation, where they now continue to ship software. Their background blends deep research experience with hands-on ML engineering and productionizing models, plus early internships at Google, Microsoft Research Asia, and Yahoo that shaped a pragmatic approach to scalable systems. Notably, Xiao has moved with technologies from research prototypes to acquisition outcomes, demonstrating an ability to translate academic rigor into product impact.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science and Engineering, PhD Computer Science and Engineering at University of WashingtonShanghai Jiao Tong University
Github Skills (54)
parser10
snorkel10
optimizer10
firefox-addon10
chrome-extension10
data-augmentation10
tsql9
browser-extension9
sql-parser9
labeling9
python9
peg9
training-data9
weak-supervision9
safari-extension9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
xiaoling/wikiextractor
Jan 2017 - Jan 2022
A tool for extracting plain text from Wikipedia dumps
Contributions:8 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
dumpsplain-textplainwikipedia
xiaoling/figer
Aug 2012 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 release, 34 commits, 22 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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