Summary
Zhiping Xiu is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in text-to-speech (TTS) research and production at Meta/Facebook, where he led generation modeling and built supporting infrastructure and content management systems. He combines deep research experience in state-of-the-art TTS modeling with practical engineering—migrating ML pipelines, improving post-processing, and delivering evaluator platforms used by human raters. A Northwestern MS graduate, he has a strong backend foundation from earlier roles building high-throughput middleware and developer tools, and a track record of shortening operational workflows and load times. Based in Burlingame, CA, Zhiping excels at bridging ML research and scalable service implementation, often working across teams to turn experimental models into production-ready features.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Northwestern University
Bachelor's degree Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Software Engineering at South China University of Technology
English, Chinese, German, Chinese