# Xiaotong Qiu

> Data Engineer @ Spotify

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/xiaotongqiu

* As a software engineer specializing in recommendation architecture at Bytedance, build and maintain globalized large-scale online services for Tiktok Music recommendation system.
* Worked as data scientist to design, develop, analyze & improve Feed Recommendation System with 100 million DAU in Tencent. 
* Gained Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University, New York.
* Awarded Top 10 Excellent Graduates of UESTC, 2016.
* Gained 1st-class honored Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering & Bachelor of Science in Electronic Information Engineering degrees from Glasgow College, University of Electronic Science.
* Major research interests include machine learning and data-driven analysis.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Spotify
Jan 2023 – Present | London, England, United Kingdom

### Software Engineer, Recommendation Architecture @ ByteDance
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Shanghai, China
Build and maintain high performance online services for globalized recommendation system

### Data Scientist, Recommendation System @ 腾讯
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Developed recommendation systems for QQ Feed and Community, with responsibilities spanning product requirement analysis, service architecture design, and data modeling to enhance user engagement.

### Machine Learning Algorithm Engineer Internship @ Tencent
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

### Research Assistant @ School of Computer Science and Engineering, UESTC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Chengdu, Sichuan, China

### Research Assitant @ National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communication, UESTC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Chengdu, Sichuan, China


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Electrical Engineering
Columbia University

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electronic Information Engineering
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electronics and Electrical Engineering
University of Glasgow


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiaotongqiu

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Last updated: 2026-04-05