Summary
Baqiao Liu is a Seattle-based machine learning engineer applying GenAI and type-theoretic insights to deliver end-to-end AI solutions for creatives at Adobe. With 11 years of experience, he has bridged framework/infra work and production deployment, leveraging abstraction to align models with creative workflows. His career spans research roles at UNC Chapel Hill and UIUC, and he is pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at UIUC after earning a BS in CS from UNC Chapel Hill. An indie game developer at heart, he won Google's Gemini API best game category and was hailed as a "paragon" by the Haskell IRC in 2018 for his contributions. Based in Seattle, he embraces learning new programming languages and brings a rare mix of research rigor, product focus, and creative technical curiosity.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill