Xiaolu Xiong
Engineering Manager at Meta
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiaolu Xiong is an engineering manager with 12+ years building large-scale data platforms, AI/ML systems, and consumer features, currently leading Meta’s unified Demographics team from Arlington, MA. She has a track record of taking zero-to-one initiatives and scaling teams—growing a Location Inferences team from 2 to 14+ engineers—and has driven over $3B in incremental revenue through ML-driven location and audience insights. Her strengths span privacy-aware data infrastructure, real-time analytics, and model interpretability, having pioneered Meta’s in-house interpretability framework and extended location intelligence across platforms. A PhD-trained practitioner who started in large-scale educational and enterprise systems, she blends deep research rigor with product-focused execution and a knack for developing and promoting top talent. Beyond metrics and systems, she has repeatedly translated research into production (e.g., XR location reminders and global OCR classifiers), revealing a bias for turning novel ML ideas into impactful, scalable products.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaster of Arts Computer Science, Master of Arts Computer Science at Brandeis University
Github Skills (15)
pytorch10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
jax10
tensorflow10
python10
data-science10
lms10
openedx9
binarization5
computer-vision4
object-detection3
edx2
macos2
django2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
beardeer/wpi_public_html
Dec 2013 - Jun 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 34 pushes in 3 years 7 months
beardeer/assistments_analysis
Mar 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:72 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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