Zhihui Xie
AI ML, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Adoption And Agentic Applications
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolZhihui Xie is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience building large-scale ML and GenAI systems, now driving GenAI adoption and agentic SDKs at Apple. Previously at Meta, Zhihui led teams and built AI agent platforms, capacity planning systems, and on-call bots that informed multi-billion dollar decisions and improved developer productivity. He blends deep research roots (PhD in developmental biology) with industrial ML practice—expertise spanning Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, NLP, anomaly detection, and time-series/ensemble modeling. Known for turning research-grade methods into production pipelines, he has repeatedly improved data quality, automated root-cause analysis, and operationalized generative AI for live customer support and monetization. Based in San Francisco, he pairs hands-on engineering with cross-functional leadership, mentoring teams of research data scientists to deliver measurable business impact.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Developmental Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Developmental Biology at University of Chinese Academy of SciencesMaster of Computer Science, Machine Learning/Computer Systems, Master of Computer Science, Machine Learning/Computer Systems at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology at Nanjing University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (7)
sequencing10
linux8
bioinformatics8
command-line8
python8
science6
data-science4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
lanttern/Data_Aanlyst_Nanodegree_projects
Nov 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:94 commits, 88 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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