Yan Chen
Software Engineer at Facebook
Menlo Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYan Chen is a software engineer with 12 years of experience focused on machine learning, ads systems, and computer vision, currently working on applied research at Facebook AI in Menlo Park. He previously led efforts on Alibaba Cloud's PAI machine learning platform as a staff engineer and built CTR modeling systems at Baidu, demonstrating deep production ML and ads expertise. With an M.S. in Computer Science from Zhejiang University and a B.S. in Mathematics, he blends strong theoretical foundations with large-scale engineering. Yan is comfortable spanning research and productionization—translating models into robust, scalable systems used in high-throughput advertising environments. Colleagues describe him as someone who pairs rigorous algorithmic thinking with a pragmatic focus on delivery and operational reliability. He often brings optimizations driven by domain-specific insights that improve both model performance and system efficiency.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics at Jiangnan UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Zhejiang University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (22)
pytorch10
caffe10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
neural-network10
automatic-differentiation7
nextcloud6
ocr6
rescript5
large-language-models5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yanchen036/caffe
Sep 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 5 months
deep-learningpytorchcaffemachine-learning
yanchen036/tensorflow
Aug 2016 - Jun 2018
Contributions:46 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 10 months
computationscalabledata-sciencemachine-learninggraphs
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