Yi Zhang
Software Engineer at Stripe
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolYi Zhang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building large-scale machine learning infrastructure and retrieval systems, currently driving ML inference and platform work at Stripe. Previously at Amazon, Yi scaled a computer-vision ML platform supporting 6,000+ GPU cores and 100TB tasks, led a 16x data-download speed improvement through a redesigned offline data access solution, and designed continuous learning and annotation-driven data loops for production accuracy. Comfortable across backend services, ML tooling, and operational workflows, Yi has delivered features from Alexa orchestration and GDPR-safe services to customer-service ML-powered workflows. Based in Seattle, he blends systems-level engineering with practical ML operationalization, favoring solutions that measurably reduce turn-around time and failure modes. An understated strength is his focus on developer experience—enabling researchers and engineers to move faster through automation and platform design.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
hahoney/COOL-Compiler
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:68 commits, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
hahoney/LeetCode
Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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