Summary
Raochuan Fan is a machine learning engineering leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of experience building deep learning, recommendation, search, and knowledge-graph driven systems. Currently a Manager of Machine Learning Engineering at Instacart after progressing there from Senior ML Engineer, he previously led ML efforts at LinkedIn and TripAdvisor, shipping production NLP and content-understanding features at scale. Raochuan blends hands-on research skills—especially in NLP, graph neural networks, and content understanding—with product-focused delivery across consumer-facing platforms. Trained with an MS in Data Science from NYU and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong, he brings a strong quantitative foundation and systems mindset. Colleagues describe him as a “dark learner” who pursues deep technical mastery while translating complex models into reliable, real-world services.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at New York University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University