Summary
Zanpeng Ma is a Senior Software Engineer at Pinterest with eight years of experience building full-stack search experiences and performance-sensitive product surfaces. Based in New York, he leads search result and landing page efforts, drives Pinner Waiting Time performance metrics, and owns end-to-end feature work from ideation to A/B analysis. His background includes ML and NLP research at DiDi and implementing cross-platform systems like QR code login during an earlier Pinterest internship, reflecting a blend of product-minded engineering and research experience. A Carnegie Mellon MS in Computer Science complements his practical focus on GraphQL migrations and development data tooling, and his personal motto—"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards"—captures a steady, improvement-oriented approach to complex systems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Peking University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, Korean, Japanese, English, Chinese