Summary
Yongtao Geng is a Senior Staff Software Engineer and tech lead based in the San Francisco Bay Area with nine years of industry experience building data- and ML-driven products, currently leading engineering teams at XPENG. He combines a PhD in biomedical sciences and a history of clinical-data research with hands-on expertise in Python, Java, JavaScript, Django/Flask, NodeJS/React and production machine learning to bridge research and product delivery. His background includes building diabetes management platforms, developing predictive clinical models, and pioneering single-molecule CRISPR imaging during academic research—demonstrating rare fluency across wet-lab science and software engineering. A published technical author with multiple papers and patent experience, he also pursues interests in humanoid robotics and world modeling on GitHub, indicating a broader systems and embodied-AI mindset.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Sciences, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biomedical Sciences, General at Peking University
English, Chinese