Ze Yang is a Software Engineer II at Meta with a decade of experience building and co-designing models and production software across industry and national labs. His background spans NLP and data mining research—evidenced by visiting and research roles at Argonne National Laboratory and contributions to published projects like CritPt and Scicode—and hands-on internships at NVIDIA and Microsoft Research Asia focused on generative AI and AIOps. He holds graduate training in computer engineering from UIUC and dual bachelor credentials, bringing both deep systems knowledge (CUDA teaching experience) and applied ML expertise to product teams. Based in Menlo Park, he blends academic rigor with practical shipping experience on large-scale AI systems, often working at the intersection of model research and deployment. An under-the-radar strength is his cross-sector fluency: moving seamlessly between research prototypes and industry-grade engineering.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic and Computer Engineering at Zhejiang University
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