Zidong Y
Software Engineer at Snowflake
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZidong Y is a software engineer and data scientist with 11 years of experience building scalable data processing, statistical models, and machine learning systems across high-growth and enterprise environments. He has applied ML and analytics in production roles at Apple, DoorDash, and Splunk, and most recently moved into AI-focused engineering at Observe before joining Snowflake in San Francisco. His background bridges rigorous academic training—a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering—with hands-on applied science, giving him a knack for turning complex research ideas into robust, production-ready pipelines. Comfortable across the stack, he specializes in large-scale data workflows and novel preprocessing techniques that improve model reliability in noisy, real-world datasets. Colleagues rely on him to translate ambiguous problems into measurable engineering solutions that scale.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington UniversityBachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyMechanical and Industrial Engineering, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Ecole nationale d'Ingénieurs de Metz
Chinese, English
Github Skills (8)
dataframe8
sql7
python7
pandas7
modin7
scale6
analytics6
data-science6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
youngstone/Hunting4Patents
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:59 commits, 54 pushes in 2 months
youngstone/Data-Science-Notes
Mar 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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