Yunzhi Li
Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYunzhi Li is a Senior Software Engineer with a PhD in Computer Science and eight years of experience building practical, secure, and high-accuracy indoor positioning systems and consumer-facing backend features. His research produced the first secure and usable WiFi-based IPS and novel image- and continuous-tracking approaches that handle device heterogeneity, blending image processing, ML, optimization, protocol design, and real-world experimentation. He has applied this research-driven mindset at scale across roles at TikTok/ByteDance, StubHub, and now Pinterest, focusing on content growth, creator monetization, and ads targeting. Known for bridging deep academic expertise with product delivery, he seeks to turn technical innovations into everyday conveniences that improve quality of life—an outlook reflected in a calm, "Inner Peace" GitHub persona.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, 3.92, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Sciences, 3.92 at University of DelawareBachelor of Science - BS, Information security, Bachelor of Science - BS, Information security at University of Electronic Secience Technology of China
Chinese, English
Github Skills (1)
pytorch3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GTSupplyChainAR/BluetoothExample
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
yunzhil/yunzhil.github.io
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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