Ying Xiong is a Staff Software Engineer in Sunnyvale with 12 years building high-impact ML and computer vision systems across Google, Databricks, Dropbox, and Apple. She combines deep algorithmic expertise in C/C++ and Python with hands-on experience deploying neural models and distributed data platforms to drive revenue-generating ad products and customer-facing features like document scanning. As a tech lead and manager she’s scaled teams and automated workflows for large-scale advertising systems that contribute billions in annual revenue, while also delivering tangible UX gains such as a 20% reduction in search time at Dropbox. Her background includes a Ph.D. in computer vision from Harvard and early research in structure-from-motion and robust estimation, which informs practical solutions to noisy, real-world data problems. Colleagues know her for blending rigorous research instincts with production-grade engineering and for fostering team learning through regular tech talks.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision), Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision) at Harvard University
B.E., Electronic Engineering, B.E., Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University
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