Xin Dong
Machine Learning Engineer at TikTok
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXin Dong is a machine learning engineer with nine years of experience building production-ready systems and research-driven models, currently applying ML expertise at TikTok. With a PhD in Computer Science from Rutgers and internships at Adobe, NEC Labs, Dataminr, and Pinterest, Xin bridges rigorous research with practical engineering. He has significant backend systems experience—contributing to the core of the widely used FoundationDB distributed transactional store—highlighting a focus on reliability and performance in data-intensive environments. Based in the United States, Xin combines deep systems thinking with fast-paced experimental coding (as his GitHub quip suggests), making him adept at turning complex distributed and ML problems into deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Xidian UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Engineering, 3.75, Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering, 3.75 at Rutgers University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
foundationdb10
transactional10
c-language10
key-value-store10
cprogramming-language10
distributed-database10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
apple/foundationdb
Dec 2018 - Feb 2021
FoundationDB - the open source, distributed, transactional key-value store
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:168 reviews, 38 commits, 145 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Xin primarily contributed to the backend of the FoundationDB project, focusing on core functionalities. Their work involved applying code review suggestions and implementing changes in various areas, including data distribution, status monitoring, and transaction management. The user also made adjustments to client-side components and utilized tools like bindings for the project. Their contributions suggest a focus on improving the reliability and performance of the database system.
bigtabletransactionaldistributed-databasefoundationdbdatabase
dongxinEric/foundationdb
Sep 2018 - Aug 2021
FoundationDB - the open source, distributed, transactional key-value store
Contributions:277 pushes, 74 branches in 2 years 11 months
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