I'm Chen Liang, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Jersey City, NJ, with a track record of architecting scalable, AI-powered systems across Meta, Coursera, and Shazam. I design and deploy end-to-end ML pipelines—from retrieval and ranking models to generative AI-driven discovery—delivering real value to hundreds of millions of users. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments, applying MLOps best practices, and leading the adoption of large language models and multimodal AI to improve feed quality, recommendations, and discovery. When I'm not coding, I mentor teammates, write robust tests, and explore new AI techniques to keep products at the cutting edge.

Chen Liang

I'm Chen Liang, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Jersey City, NJ, with a track record of architecting scalable, AI-powered systems across Meta, Coursera, and Shazam. I design and deploy end-to-end ML pipelines—from retrieval and ranking models to generative AI-driven discovery—delivering real value to hundreds of millions of users. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments, applying MLOps best practices, and leading the adoption of large language models and multimodal AI to improve feed quality, recommendations, and discovery. When I'm not coding, I mentor teammates, write robust tests, and explore new AI techniques to keep products at the cutting edge.

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I’m Chen Liang, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer based in Jersey City, NJ, with a track record of architecting scalable, AI-powered systems across Meta, Coursera, and Shazam. I design and deploy end-to-end ML pipelines—from retrieval and ranking models to generative AI-driven discovery—delivering real value to hundreds of millions of users.

I love collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments, applying MLOps best practices, and leading the adoption of large language models and multimodal AI to improve feed quality, recommendations, and discovery. When I’m not coding, I mentor teammates, write robust tests, and explore new AI techniques to keep products at the cutting edge.

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Work Experience

Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Instagram / Meta
March 1, 2021 - Present
Led the design and deployment of recommendation platforms, agentic AI systems, and LLM-powered search and discovery for widely-used consumer products. Built real-time ML pipelines, integrated multimodal and generative models, and applied MLOps best practices in production. Demonstrated strong product sense, clear communication, and collaborative mindset in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
Senior Data Scientist at Shazam (Apple)
September 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Developed an XGBoost-based user-scoring model to re-rank course recommendations; migrated weekly emails to a new Python microservice architecture; built dashboards to support proactive triage of high-risk issues.
QA & Automation Engineer at Oracle R Enterprise / Hadoop
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2018
Owned QA and automation for Oracle R Enterprise and Advanced Analytics for Hadoop. Built and deployed a model to estimate bug risk; created daily dashboards enabling proactive triage of high-risk issues.
Data Scientist Intern at Shazam
June 1, 2014 - September 1, 2014
Analyzed 30+ million JSON event records to model how audio features differ by geographic markets.
Senior Data Scientist - Machine Learning at Coursera
September 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Led the development of a personalized job-aligned ML recommendation engine that captures learner goals during onboarding to deliver targeted course content and skill-based discovery for new users.
Quality Assurance & Automation Engineer at Oracle
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2018
Owned QA and automation for Oracle R Enterprise and Advanced Analytics for Hadoop, building automated end-to-end tests to reduce regressions and increase release confidence.

Education

Master's Degree at Stanford University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
Master's Degree, Statistics at Stanford University
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Education