Linpeng Zhang

Linpeng Zhang

Full Stack Production Engineer

Meta

Biography

I am a Full Stack Production Engineer at Meta and a PhD Candidate at University College London (UCL) under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Kaminski and Prof. Alexandra Silvia. Before joining Meta, I was a Senior Software Engineer at Lacework where I led Software Composition Analysis, and before that, a Software Engineer Intern at Meta. I was born in Italy, where I have obtained my MSc in Computer Science at University of Padua two years early.

Interests
  • Static Program Analysis
  • Quantitative Verification
  • Machine learning and Verification
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science, 2020 - 2024 (est.)

    University College London (UCL)

  • MSc in Computer Science, 2019 - 2020

    University of Padua

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2017 - 2019

    University of Padua

Professional Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Full Stack Production Engineer
Sep 2024 – Present London
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Software Engineer
Oct 2022 – Sep 2024 London
Led Software Composition Analysis (SCA). Designed and Implemented critical infrastructure for Code Security. Achieved 2000x faster Ingestion pipeline; 10x faster analysis; up to 50x faster UI backend.
 
 
 
 
 
Software Engineer Intern
Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 London
Static Analysis Tools Team (akas Infer). Reduced false positive rates of C++ null pointers detection by over 60%.