Mengchao Y.

About Mengchao Y.

Mengchao is a Lead Software Engineer working at the intersection of ads inventory forecasting, large-scale data systems, and machine learning.He has strong experience building ad data forecasting platforms that combine ML models with high-performance pipelines, accounting for real-world constraints such as frequency capping, line-item targeting logic, publisher boundaries, and business rules.His background includes designing and operating Spark- and Airflow-based big data systems across S3/Hive, MySQL, and OLAP stores, with a growing focus on ML systems—making forecasting models reliable, scalable, and production-ready. Mengchao is passionate about building software where AI and machine learning drive real decision-making at scale.

Experience

1. Lead Software Engineer

   Disney Streaming

   Feb 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Lead Software Engineer on Disney Streaming’s Ads Inventory Forecasting team, owning end-to-end systems that power capacity forecasting, availability, and delivery insights across Disney+, Hulu and ESPN platforms- Drive architecture and implementation of large-scale big data forecasting pipelines and machine learning models using Spark, Airflow, Delta/Hive/S3, SQL, and OLAP systems, supporting both batch and intraday SLAs- Evaluate and operationalize time-series models, including Prophet and Chronos-2, accounting for ad campaign schedule, frequency caps, line item targeting logic, publisher boundaries and policies, and complex business constraints.

Education

• Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science - Security

  2008 — 2012

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science - Security

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• C#
• .net
• Mysql
• Tcp/Ip
• Soap
• Javascript
• Html
• C++
• Information Security
• Json
• Css
• Python
• Xml
• Restful Webservices
• Linux
• Asp.net
• Assembly Language
• C
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Java