Yiqing Cai
Engineering Manager, Data Science Engineer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYiqing Cai is an engineering manager and data science leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling AI/ML systems for agriculture and climate at Gro Intelligence. With a PhD in applied mathematics, she combines rigorous theoretical grounding—evident from prior research on pursuit–evasion games and topological network dynamics—with hands-on delivery of production-grade yield, supply-and-demand, and climate indices. She has led multiple cross-functional data science engineering teams to deploy robust, scalable pipelines and models across diverse crops and geographies. Known for translating complex math into practical ML systems, she also brings experience in causal analysis, NLP, and large-scale ETL work. Based in New York, she blends deep research pedigree with product-focused execution to tackle high-impact environmental problems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Applied Mathematics at University of Pennsylvania
English, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
api-client8
api8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gro-intelligence/gro-mlproject
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 day
tolothy/hello-world
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
pythonfirst-repository
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