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VP of Engineering at Instagram

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Maria Zhang is a VP of Engineering at Instagram, where she supports the Sharing Experience team.

Maria also serves as a Venture Partner at IDG Capital, leading investment with a focus on technology-driven disruption in the areas of AI, Machine Learning based applications, IoT, and developer tools. Throughout her career, Maria held leadership positions at companies such as LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Microsoft.

She also served as CTO at Tinder, where she led development efforts, building and scaling the app for its global user base. Maria likes to build great teams, instill them with a mission, and push them hard to deliver exacting, satisfying experiences.

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