Yao Pan
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning at LinkedIn
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolYao Pan is a Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View with 13 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems that marry machine learning research with production engineering. At LinkedIn he leads generative AI efforts—scalable summarization, RLHF/DPO fine-tuning, RAG-based generation—and architects large-scale linear programming solvers for multi-objective optimization and matching. His work spans practical growth problems like email CTR and unsubscribe reduction using optimization across content, timing, and volume, demonstrating a rare blend of algorithmic rigor and product impact. Trained with PhD-level research experience in distributed computing and ML, he moves ideas from prototype to high-throughput production at internet scale. An outcome-focused engineer, he combines deep research roots with hands-on system design to deliver measurable business improvements.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Virginia TechDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Science at Zhejiang University
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (6)
decomposition9
solver8
optimization-methods8
mixed-integer-programming8
optimization7
architecture5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
VT-Magnum-Research/sodacloud
Feb 2013 - Oct 2013
Contributions:69 commits in 8 months
cloudarchitectureshared-objectdistribution
panyao/jsMapReduce
Dec 2013 - Jun 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 5 months
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