Yi Xu is a senior applied science leader based in Seattle with nine years of industry experience and a deep academic foundation including a PhD in electrical engineering and an MS in probability and statistics. Currently managing applied science at Amazon's Rufus team, Yi has progressed through roles from applied scientist to senior manager driving core modeling and search initiatives. He combines rigorous research instincts from years as a university researcher with practical product delivery at scale, shipping ML systems that inform search and recommendation. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges theory and engineering—comfortable deriving probabilistic models and then operationalizing them in production. His succinct GitHub bio hints at a reflective, disciplined mindset that complements his technical breadth.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, BS at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Master, Master at Tsinghua University
PhD Electrical Engineering, PhD Electrical Engineering at Auburn University
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Yi Xu - Senior Applied Science Manager At Rufus at Amazon