Rongbiao Gu

Machine Learning Engineer
rongbiao.gu@gmail.comNew York, US

Product-minded builder with 10+ years of experience building end-to-end ML platforms, and automated workflow systems.

Experience

Data Scientist - ML Platform

Evenup • US
Aug 2024

Analytics and agent harness engineering

  • Self-initiated and built solo a self-serve analytics and knowledge platform with ~120 active users/month (~30% of company) across PM, CSM, engineering, design, and GTM, spanning SQL Q&A, dashboard and HTML report generation, product-truth Q&A, and codebase/change-history queries. Supports 1,000+ conversations/month and dozens of user-authored context artifacts and skills. Achieved this adoption despite company-wide access to Claude Code/Cowork.
  • Architected the underlying agent harness with a live documentation pipeline (code + Confluence) into a tiered, human-verified knowledge index.
  • Built an agent-as-judge eval framework to mine conversations for failure modes — tool-call performance, knowledge gaps, behavioral gaps like missed clarifying questions or weak citation/data-lineage. Then used a stronger model to propose fixes, with everything gated through human review before it shipped.

Data Scientist

Wealthsimple • Canada
May 2023 - Aug 2024
  • Built data pipeline and credit risk models for 0-to-1 credit card product launch.
  • Worked on data governance regime in the strictly regulated financial environment, including data safty and privacy protection

Data Scientist

Lyft • Canada
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023

Hardware decision - bikes, scooters and docking stations

Founding Data Scientist

IOVision • Canada
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
  • Architected and deployed end-to-end cloud infrastructure (GCP) and real-time computer vision models for IoT preventative maintenance.
  • Built computer vision platforms for industrial and transportation edge applications.

Chief Data Scientist

Moonshot Brands (YC21) • Canada
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
  • Built an e-commerce asset platform that automates discovery, outreach, and project management for the aquisition team, it supported over $10M in brand acquisitions.
  • Built end-to-end automated workflow tools for brand managers to streamline operational, from listing management, competitive intelligence to ad spend.

Data Scientist II

Teikametrics • US
Oct 2020 - Feb 2022
  • Revamped core ad-bidding algorithm architecture in PyTorch to be marketplace-agnostic across multi-channel e-commerce platforms.
  • Built deep learning encoder models and an automated advertising keyword recommendation system.

Co-Founder

OperantAI • Canada
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
  • Co-founded and built a SaaS platform delivering default risk predictions across millions of Canadian consumer loans.
  • Managed product roadmap, data pipeline engineering, and customer integrations end-to-end.

Data Engineer - Data Scientist

ownerIQ • US
May 2012 - Apr 2018
  • Engineered core bidding systems: designed the first real time bidding algorithm that 60x the legacy algorithm
  • Built workflow automation application for programmatic ad campaign optimization. This product scaled our operation by 4x without adding headcount

Consultant

Bridge22 • US
Apr 2019 - Dec 2012
  • Executed M&A technical and data due diligence for target acquisitions in the media and healthcare sectors.
  • Developed data strategy roadmaps and pre-sales technical assessments to evaluate target company viability.

Education

Tufts University

Masters in Mechanical Engineering
Sep 2009 - May 2011

South China University of Technology

Bachelors in Automotive Engineering
Sep 2005 - May 2009

Interests

Permaculture
Beach Volleyball
Improv