Xiao Xiao
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Instacart
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiao Xiao is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in San Diego with 15 years of experience building end-to-end ML solutions that bridge research and production. Currently at Instacart, they previously led document understanding and NLP/vision initiatives at Intuit, including an intent-classification model that replaced a third-party provider and saved over $1M. Trained as an ecologist with a PhD and an MS in statistics, Xiao brings a rare combination of domain science, statistical rigor, and practical ML engineering. They have a history of building research-grade tools (including an R package for biodiversity analysis) and deploying scalable NLP models for real-world automation. Outside of work they’re an avid reader and traveler who also enjoys musicals, reflecting a curiosity that fuels cross-disciplinary problem solving.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Statistics, Master of Science (M.S.), Statistics at Utah State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at McGill University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (29)
ecology10
loops10
biodiversity10
stable9
scales9
statistics9
python8
entropy8
data-retrieval8
matplotlib8
automation7
data-analysis7
data-visualization7
datasets6
theory6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rueuntal/mobr
Jun 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 85 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
curvesdiversity
rueuntal/biodiv_spat
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
Contributions:45 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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