Hi, I'm Leighton 👋. I am a CS student & engineer interested in AI infrastructure, ML systems, and building things that scale.

Education

I am currently an M.S. candidate in Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. I received my bachelor's degree in automation from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2024.

Experience

I enjoy working at the intersection of machine learning and systems — making models train faster, run cheaper, and deploy easier.

• ByteDance (Current): ML Infrastructure.
• Microsoft (Oct 2025 – Mar 2026): Coding Agents.
• Infinigence AI (Feb 2025 – May 2025): AI Infrastructure.

Interests

• ML & AI Systems
• Distributed Computing
• Coding Agents & Developer Tooling