Zhanlin Liu is an experienced AI engineer currently serving as a Senior AI Engineer at ProRata.ai since October 2024. Previously, Zhanlin held the position of Lead Applied Data Scientist at AstrumU® from March 2023 to October 2024, where responsibilities included leading a team on NLP projects and developing skill extraction models. In a role as Applied Scientist 2 at Microsoft, Zhanlin conducted extensive data mining on a substantial dataset of antigen sequences, successfully training a large language model and achieving a benchmark performance. Earlier experience includes working as a Data Scientist at Warner Music Group, where Zhanlin enhanced music copyright identification, and as a Research Scientist II at Wyze Labs, managing an annotation team for sound event data. Zhanlin's background encompasses positions at notable companies such as Facebook, Docugami Inc, Huawei, and Alibaba Group, showcasing a strong foundation in machine learning and data science. Zhanlin holds a Doctor of Engineering in Industrial & Systems Engineering and a Master of Science in Statistics from the University of Washington, along with a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Iowa.