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Ding Zhou

Investor

Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

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1,528 people in our graph share verified history with Ding — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul KwanunlockedDing: together at Stanford University (2019–2020)
Ding: together at Pinterest
Ding: together at Stanford University
×2Ding: together at Penn State University

About

Ding Zhou is a software engineer and data scientist focused on building and optimizing intelligent systems. He currently serves as Head of Ads Engineering at Pinterest, and previously held engineering roles at Facebook, Square, and DoorDash. He earned a Ph.D. from Penn State and a bachelor's degree from Fudan University, both in computer science.

Experience

  1. CoupangVP of Engineeringcurrent2024 — present
  2. Basis SetAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
  3. LaurelAdvisor2025 — 2026
  4. QuinceAdvisor2024 — 2026
  5. Culina HealthAdvisor2024 — 2026
  6. Snap Inc.VP of Engineering, Discovery2021 — 2024
  7. PinterestVP of Engineering, Ads2017 — 2021
  8. DoorDashVP of Engineering2015 — 2017San Francisco
  9. SquareDirector of Engineering2013 — 2015
  10. SignalFireAdvisor2013 — 2014
  11. FacebookStaff Software Engineer2008 — 2012

Skills & more

Hadoop39Java9Python37MapReduce11Perl6C++8Python (Programming Language)1ManagementStrategySearch5Organizational LeadershipArtificial Intelligence (AI)
+12 moreE-CommercePersonalizationMachine LearningData MiningText MiningSearch AdvertisingRecommender SystemsAdvertisingBig DataComputer ScienceData ScienceSoftware Engineering

Languages Chinese · English

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Investments

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Colleagues at Basis Set Ventures

Catherine Stewart
Venture Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Chang Xu
Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Darrell Langlois
Board Chair; Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana at Blue Venture Funds
Dr. Lan Xuezhao
Founder & Partner at Basis Set Ventures
Eduardo Fonseca
Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures
Fahad Noor
Staff Engineer at Basis Set Ventures
Ian Wong
Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures
Ingrid Chen
Controller & Partner at Basis Set Ventures

Network12

Alexis OhanianScout
Founder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six
Hans TungScout
Managing Partner at Notable Capital
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Ajay VasheeScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Anamitra BanerjiScout
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Barbry McGannScout
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Workday Ventures
Edward SuhScout
General Partner at Alpine Ventures
Gaurav JainScout
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Dave A. Salvant
President at Squire
Frédérique Dame
Investor at GV (Google Ventures)
Scott Stanford
Co-Founder and Partner at ACME Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ding Zhou?
Ding Zhou is a software engineer and data scientist focused on building and optimizing intelligent systems. He currently serves as Head of Ads Engineering at Pinterest, and previously held engineering roles at Facebook, Square, and DoorDash. He earned a Ph.D. from Penn State and a bachelor's degree from Fudan University, both in computer science.
Where does Ding Zhou work?
Ding Zhou is Technical Advisor at Basis Set Ventures.
What companies has Ding Zhou invested in?
Investments tracked here include Boatbound, Creatify AI, HAVENLY, Laurel, Lime, Openmart, OpusClip, Percept.AI, Quince, Rappi, Rinse, Siro, and 3 more.
Where did Ding Zhou go to school?
Ding Zhou studied at Stanford University (Stanford LEAD: Corporate Innovation Certificate, Graduate School of Business); Penn State University (Ph.D., Computer Science); Fudan University (B.S., Computer Science).

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