Shukun Xie

Shukun Xie has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. They started their career as a Research Intern at Nanyang Technological University where they focused on parallel and distributed computing. They later joined CareerBuilder.com as a Software Development Intern. In 2013, they also worked as a Research Assistant at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

In 2014, Shukun Xie joined Facebook as a Software Engineer. They played a crucial role in the Feed Ranking Infrastructure Team, where they served as a tech lead and made significant contributions to the end-to-end efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the News Feed machine learning system. They also mentored team members and drove technical directions on team projects. They continued working at Facebook until 2019.

Currently, since 2019, Shukun Xie works as the CTO at Whale.

Shukun Xie pursued higher education in the field of Computer Science. From 2008 to 2012, they attended BNU-HKBU United International College and obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Computer Science and Technology, which was conferred by Hong Kong Baptist University. Following this, they furthered their academic journey at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 2012 to 2014, where they earned a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Science. In 2009, Shukun Xie also participated in the Summer Session at Hong Kong Baptist University, although the specific field of study for that program is not mentioned.