Summary
Ze Zhang is a Lead Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience applying advanced ML and deep learning to advertising, recommendation, and NLP systems at companies including Disney Streaming, Amazon, and Expedia. With a PhD in Control Theory and postdoctoral research in applied mathematics from Cambridge and Imperial College, he blends rigorous theory—optimization, control, and statistics—with practical production expertise in PyTorch and large-scale ML platforms. He led the design of Amazon’s video advertising AI platform and built recommendation and LTV/attribution models at Expedia that drove tens of millions in measurable revenue impact. Comfortable moving models from research to production, he pairs creativity from academia with product-minded engineering to solve high-impact business problems. Based in Shanghai and guided by a philosophical outlook ("Everything that happens is perfectly destined"), he brings a quantitative, experimentally disciplined approach to complex ML systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Control Theory - Electrical Engineering, PhD, Control Theory - Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Maths and Control Theory, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Maths and Control Theory at University of Cambridge
English, Chinese