Zidian Lyu
Engineering Manager - TikTok PGC User And Creator Product
California, United States
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Top SchoolZidian Lyu is an engineering manager and former Google Area 120 lead with 10 years of experience building large-scale recommendation, trust & safety, and creator-platform systems. He currently leads TikTok’s PGC User and Creator Product, driving creator monetization and education programs that support 450K+ creators while optimizing metrics like creator growth and app engagement. Previously he delivered data compliance, SLA improvements, and engineering-efficiency gains at TikTok that saved the equivalent of 12 headcount and doubled team size quarter-over-quarter. His early work at Area 120/Tangi and Google Search included building high-performance recommendation and caching systems that reduced feed latency by an order of magnitude, and he contributes front-end accessibility fixes to popular open-source projects like Web Stories for WordPress. A Stanford CS master’s and UC Davis alum, he pairs product-focused leadership with hands-on engineering and a founder’s mindset from running a successful bootcamp that placed many grads into FAANG roles.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at University of California, DavisMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese, mandarin chineses
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Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
wordpress10
javascript10
amp-stories10
react10
front-end-development9
ui-design9
uid9
html8
css8
google-amp7
wordpress-plugin7
ampl7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Web Stories for WordPress
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:114 reviews, 13 commits, 22 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Zidian primarily contributed to the front-end development of the "Web Stories for WordPress" project. Their work involved modifications to the user interface and accessibility improvements within the WordPress editor, including the design panel. The user worked on improving video element accessibility, and the video settings in the design panel, making them more user-friendly. They also focused on fixing text selection issues within the panels and library components.
wordpresswordpress-pluginampweb-stories
zidianlyu/redturbo
Apr 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:64 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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