Ziming (James) Zhai

Ziming (James) Zhai is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Facebook, where he has been working since January 2017. His role primarily focuses on developing business and advertising products within the company, contributing to various aspects of web development and optimization.

Professional Experience

• Facebook (January 2017 - Present)

  • Senior Staff Software Engineer
  • Responsibilities include building business and ads products.

• Groupon (November 2012 - January 2017)

  • Started as a Software Engineer and progressed to Senior Software Engineer.
  • Worked on Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Product Listing Ads (PLA) using technologies such as Python, Java, Hadoop, and Spark.

• Internet Brands (June 2011 - November 2012)

  • Web Developer
  • Led the development of a coupon website, focusing on server-side performance optimization and cloud migration.

• USC Institute for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research (November 2009 - July 2011)

  • PHP Developer & IT Assistant
  • Developed a centralized data management system.

• Xi’an University of Science and Technology (July 2008 - June 2009)

  • Software Developer
  • Created an enterprise data management system.

Education

• University of Southern California (USC):

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science (2009 - 2011)
  • Concentration in Artificial Intelligence and web technologies.

• Xi'an University of Science and Technology:

  • Bachelor of Engineering in Communication Engineering (2005 - 2009).

• Ball State University:

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (2006 - 2008).

Zhai's extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in web technologies and optimization, positions him as a significant contributor to Facebook's advertising and business product development efforts.1