Xiaolei Zhen is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building full-stack systems and machine learning-driven ranking and growth products across companies like Meta and Rippling. He has shipped features spanning Ads, Video, Events, Benefits, and VR/MR—bridging user-facing products and internal compliance/carrier systems—while operating at staff/engineering levels. Comfortable in startup and scale environments, he led a funded startup as CTO where he designed end-to-end architectures from mobile apps to AWS-backed services and payment/SSO integrations. Based in Seattle, he combines hands-on implementation in systems, ML for recommendation and attribution, and cross-team coordination on complex engagement and measurement projects. An engineer who moves easily between product-facing UX work and backend measurement/attribution pipelines, he brings practical breadth plus deep domain experience in growth, advertising, and immersive products.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Science(MCS) Computer Science, Master of Computer Science(MCS) Computer Science at Rice University
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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