Yao Liu
Senior Data Scientist II
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYao Liu is a Senior Data Scientist II based in Sunnyvale with eight years of experience blending machine learning engineering and full-stack data science to drive product and marketing impact. He has built ML-driven products end-to-end—from co-founding HireReady.app and designing personalized mock-interview systems to shipping analytics and models at hims & hers and Check Point. His background includes senior analytics leadership at TriNet and strategic product roles at Citi, reflecting a rare combination of business acumen (MBA from Michigan) and technical depth (MS in Data Science). Comfortable bridging research, product, and go-to-market teams, he often translates ambiguous problems into deployable ML solutions. A founder mindset and experience pitching VCs hint at strong product intuition and an operator’s bias toward shipping.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of BusinessMaster of Science - MS, Data Science, Master of Science - MS, Data Science at University of San FranciscoUC Berkeley Extension
Github Skills (3)
pytorch3
deep-reinforcement-learning3
reinforcement-learning3
Github contributions (5)
yaoliucs/BCQ
Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
Author's PyTorch implementation of BCQ for "Off-Policy Deep Reinforcement Learning without Exploration"
Contributions:136 commits, 132 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
pytorchpolicyreinforcement-learningdeep-reinforcement-learningbcq
yaoliucs/pytorch-soft-actor-critic
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019
PyTorch implementation of soft actor critic algorithm
Contributions:6 pushes in 7 months
pytorchactor-criticsoft-actor-criticactorpytorch-implementation
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