Zichun Zhang
Software Engineer at Instagram
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZichun Zhang is a software engineer with nine years of experience building data and streaming infrastructure for large-scale ML systems, currently contributing to Instagram’s Machine Learning Infrastructure team in New York. He has a strong background at Meta focusing on stream processing and data infra, and brings hands-on expertise in feature importance, data quality, and model performance improvement. Academically grounded with a CS master’s from UC Irvine and a high-achieving bachelor’s from Anhui University, he combines rigorous theory with production-grade engineering. Zichun is driven by continuous coding and improvement—his GitHub motto, "Keep Coding & Thriving," reflects a pragmatic, growth-oriented approach. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex ML data needs into reliable pipelines that surface actionable signals for models. He brings a rare blend of deep technical focus and persistent curiosity that helps bridge research signals to operational systems.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.91, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.91 at Anhui UniversityUniversity of California, Irvine
English, Chinese
Github Skills (21)
mono8
jvm7
asynchronous7
blocking7
flux7
reactive-extensions7
reactive-streams6
kotlin6
java6
reactive6
non-blocking6
foundation6
object-tracking5
computer-vision4
segmentation2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ZhangSanFengByGit/FPSiam
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 25 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
ZhangSanFengByGit/toolkit
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
Official Python toolkit for generic object tracking benchmark GOT-10k
Contributions:55 pushes in 20 days
pythonbenchmarkinggenerictrackingbenchmark
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