Ming Zhao is an experienced software engineer and data scientist with a strong background in machine learning and data analysis. Currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind since August 2025, Ming previously worked at Waymo from March 2021 to March 2025, focusing on representation learning and scalable data retrieval. Ming's prior experience includes roles as a Technical Advisor at Insight Data Science, where guidance was provided to data science fellows, and positions at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Penn State University, contributing to astrophysical research and publishing over 30 papers in top journals. Other notable roles include a Staff Software Engineer position at Google, where deep learning research was conducted, and a Data Scientist role at The New York Times, concentrating on data analysis and predictive modeling.
This person is not in the org chart
This person is not in any teams
This person is not in any offices