Zhaoyu Li is a Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech with 13 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems that serve millions of customers. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and brings deep ML/AI expertise from research roles where he developed protein modeling pipelines, GAN-based in-painting, and large-scale Hadoop analytics. At Walmart he progressed from senior to staff engineer, blending practical engineering with research-driven approaches to performance and scalability. He has taught and mentored graduate students, lecturing on big data, object-oriented design, and computation theory, which informs his ability to translate complex concepts for teams. Known to “turn coffee into codes and papers,” he combines hands-on implementation in PyTorch/TensorFlow and distributed systems with a knack for moving models from prototype to production. Based in Sunnyvale, he pairs academic rigor with product-focused delivery across large e-commerce platforms.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Software Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University
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Zhaoyu Li - Staff Software Engineer at Walmart Global Tech