Zhiqi Li
About Zhiqi Li
Zhiqi Li is a Senior Engineering Manager at LiveRamp, where he has worked since 2022. He has extensive experience in software engineering and data streaming, having held various roles at LiveRamp since 2013, and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Current Role as Sr. Engineering Manager
Zhiqi Li serves as a Senior Engineering Manager at LiveRamp, a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he manages engineering teams that focus on Identity Resolution. His responsibilities include overseeing the ingestion of vast amounts of data, specifically trillions of people and device connections daily. Li's team handles real-time identity data through APIs, achieving a processing rate of 250,000 queries per second.
Previous Experience at LiveRamp
Zhiqi Li has a substantial history with LiveRamp, having worked there in various capacities. He began as a Software Engineering Intern in 2013, where he gained foundational experience for three months. He then progressed to Staff Software Engineer and Product Owner from 2017 to 2020, contributing for three years. Following this, he served as Tech Lead Manager from 2021 to 2022, before advancing to his current role.
Education and Expertise
Zhiqi Li holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Security from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he studied from 2008 to 2012. He furthered his education at Carnegie Mellon University, earning a Master's degree in Computer Science with a specialization in Very Large Information Systems from 2012 to 2013. His academic background supports his expertise in software engineering and data management.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Li has significant experience in providing real-time data streaming to downstream teams. His work involves managing complex systems that facilitate the ingestion of petabytes of mappings between arbitrary identifiers. This technical proficiency is critical in his current role, where he oversees engineering initiatives that require high levels of data processing and identity resolution.