Ziting (Darin) Yu

AI Researcher

Sunnyvale, California, United States8 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in data analysis and infrastructure engineering.
Proven track record in enhancing application performance.
Strong background in machine learning and software development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and data infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

React.jsData Analysis

Other Skills

ReduxScalaPythonElasticsearchAWSJavaJavaScriptC++DockerKubernetesApache SparkMapReduceHBaseApache KafkaAmazon Web Services (AWS)

About

Love coding and basketball

Experience

8 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

2 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

Machine Learning Engineer

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Google

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2018 – Nov 2023 · 5 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

- Youtube Ads Infra

Coursera

Data Infrastructure Engineer

Sep 2016 – Dec 2016 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Focused on improving data quality and analytics tools
o Extended internal analytics tools written in ReactJS/Redux framework
o Improved infrastructure for more convenient ETL management using Scala
o Built elasticsearch index for data pipeline logs
o Worked on open-source python library for AWS data pipeline to improve ETL

React.jsReduxScalaPythonData Analysis

Facebook

Data Scientist

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Investigated data to guide development of Facebook Safety Check (Crisis Response) that impacts billions of users.
o Identified problems of post matching algorithms and provided recommendations which improve accuracy by 20%
o Designed and built data dashboard to visualize crisis-relevant metrics

Bloomberg lp

Software Engineer

Sep 2014 – Dec 2014 · 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

Collaborated with small group of engineers to design and improve complex application for traders
o Improved usability of a dynamic ticket component actively used across the platform
o Contributed to rework of the market access UI aiming to significantly reduce latency and improve traders’ efficiency
o Built new order ticket panel and integrated it into existing system.

Wish - shopping made fun!

Web Developer and Data Engineer

Jan 2014 – Apr 2014 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Worked with agile team responsible for full operation of the website
o Improved merchant-facing API and frontend components
o Automated merchant-side data collection and visualization
o Refactored and improved server backend written in Python
o Worked on infrastructure that empowers A/B testing for weekly campaigns

Ibm

Software Engineer

May 2013 – Aug 2013 · 3 mos · Markham, Ontario

Worked with research team on improving compiler performance
o Explored innovative methods for more efficient query rewrite and query compilation
o Assisted with thorough mathematical analysis of undergoing project and conducted testing experiments
o Wrote sophisticated and descriptive report on the prototype and documented entire code base for future integration and testing