Zhihui Xie
AI ML, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Adoption And Agentic Applications
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolZhihui Xie is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience building large-scale ML and GenAI systems, now driving GenAI adoption and agentic SDKs at Apple. Previously at Meta, Zhihui led teams and built AI agent platforms, capacity planning systems, and on-call bots that informed multi-billion dollar decisions and improved developer productivity. He blends deep research roots (PhD in developmental biology) with industrial ML practice—expertise spanning Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, NLP, anomaly detection, and time-series/ensemble modeling. Known for turning research-grade methods into production pipelines, he has repeatedly improved data quality, automated root-cause analysis, and operationalized generative AI for live customer support and monetization. Based in San Francisco, he pairs hands-on engineering with cross-functional leadership, mentoring teams of research data scientists to deliver measurable business impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Developmental Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Developmental Biology at University of Chinese Academy of SciencesMaster of Computer Science, Machine Learning/Computer Systems, Master of Computer Science, Machine Learning/Computer Systems at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology at Nanjing University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (8)
galaxy10
sequencing10
bioinformatics9
linux8
pipeline8
python7
science6
data-science4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
qtao/Genomic-Data-Science
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:48 commits in 1 month
genomic-data-sciencesciencedata-science-specializationspecializationdata-science
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