Yubo Z.

Machine Learning Engineer (ex-Reddit) | Ads Ranking & Recommender Systems | Currently on Career Sabbatical

Role
Machine Learning Engineer (Career Sabbatical) at Sabbatical
Location
Redmond, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Yubo Z.

I am a machine learning engineer with experience building large-scale ranking and recommendation systems, particularly in the ads and personalization domain.Over the past decade I’ve worked on machine learning systems that operate at internet scale, focusing on deep learning, representation learning, and high-performance ML infrastructure.Outside of engineering, I am deeply passionate about fingerstyle guitar and acoustic instrument design. I have long been fascinated by the intersection of physics, signal processing, and musical expression in acoustic systems.After more than ten years of continuous work in the industry, I am currently on a career sabbatical. I’m using this time to recharge, travel, and spend more time exploring long-standing interests — including experimenting with acoustic pickup systems and other music-related projects.I look forward to reconnecting with the ML community and exploring new opportunities later this year.

Experience

  1. Machine Learning Engineer (Career Sabbatical)

    Sabbatical

    Jan 2026 — Present

Education

  • University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electric engineering

    2006 — 2010

  • York University

    MASc, Computer Science

    2013

  • Vancouver Film School

    Diploma, Audio processing and sound engineering

    2011 — 2012

Skills

  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Opencl
  • Statistics
  • Sql
  • Modeling
  • Computitional Advertising
  • C
  • Parallel Programming
  • Tensorflow
  • C++
  • Openmp
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Semantic Web
  • Cuda
  • Discrete Optimization
  • Oop
  • Embedded Systems
  • Matlab
  • Agile Software Development
  • Parallel Computing

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