Summary
Wen Li is a Senior Staff Engineer at Google with 11 years of experience leading full-stack organizations at YouTube, spanning backend, frontend, ML models, and infrastructure. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines deep academic training—a PhD in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M and a BS from Tsinghua—with hands-on product delivery at scale. Wen coaches and coordinates cross-functional teams to move research-quality models into production while maintaining robust infra and user-facing experiences. He started at Google as an intern and has grown into a strategic technical leader who balances architecture, execution, and mentoring. Notably, his background in automation and research-focused engineering gives him a strong edge in operationalizing complex ML systems for millions of users.
12 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Automation, Bachelor of Science (BS), Automation at Tsinghua University