Yizhou Yu
About Me
I'm a software engineer at Meta, based in NYC with my wife. Originally from Shanghai, China, I speak Chinese (native), English, and French. These days I work on AI-native tools and workflows — exploring how AI agents can take on more of the day-to-day. Before that I worked on Meta's experimentation platform and privacy infrastructure. I'm passionate about leveraging AI to solve complex technical challenges and create impactful solutions.
As a power user of both ChatGPT and Claude Code, I'm constantly exploring how AI can enhance productivity and creativity in software development.
Beyond code, I'm a content creator on YouTube, primarily focused on travel vlogs. I love exploring new places and sharing those experiences with others.
I'm also a proud cat parent to Humi, who has her own Instagram following!
Experience
Meta - Staff Software Engineer (July 2020 - Present)
New York City, NY
Agent Captain (March 2026 - Present)
Central Product Platform
Helping teams rebuild everyday workflows around AI agents
Experimentation Platform - AI for Experimentation (June 2025 - March 2026)
Central Product Platform
Enable Meta to make better and faster decisions through experimentation using AI
AI for Analytics (January 2025 - June 2025)
Central Product Platform
Built AI Agents to boost productivity in analytics use cases
Experimentation Platform - Analysis & Review (August 2022 - January 2025)
Central Product Platform
Built compute infrastructure to power the next generation of Deltoid, Meta's A/B test evaluation tool
Applied Privacy Technology (September 2020 - July 2022)
Privacy Infrastructure
Designed and deployed privacy preserving solutions based on advanced cryptographic and statistical techniques (e.g. differential privacy)
Point72 - Software Engineering Intern (June 2019 - August 2019)
New York City, NY
Market Intelligence Data - Platform Team
Meta - Software Engineering Intern (May 2018 - August 2018)
New York City, NY
Local Search
Education
Cornell University (2019-2020) - M.Eng. in Computer Science
GPA: 4.094 / 4.3 | Early Admission Program
Cornell University (2016-2019) - B.S. in Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude
GPA: 4.049 / 4.3 | Minors in Operations Research and French | Dean's List all semesters
Jonathan E. Marx Memorial Senior Prize