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Stella Zhang

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Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Growth at Plaid
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Stella Zhang is the Applied AI Lead at Plaid, where she builds customer-facing products powered by Generative AI. Her career uniquely blends finance and technology, with experience at Goldman Sachs and Citadel, and she holds a CFA Charterholder designation alongside a Masters degree from Princeton University.

Outside of her work in AI, Stella is a lead soprano singer in an a cappella group called "The Benchmark Notes. " She is also a scout for Andreessen Horowitz, where she supports and invests in early-stage B2B and enterprise AI startups, reflecting her passion for the startup ecosystem.

Unique Fact: She holds a patent for using machine learning models to analyze, recommend edits, and alter workflows for legal contracts.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Growth
Job Level
Middle
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Building GenAI Products
Leads efforts at Plaid to bootstrap new 0->1 products using GenAI, focusing on creating frictionless and intuitive experiences for users.
AI for Developers
Focuses on creating AI-powered tools, like Plaid's MCP server and AI Developer Toolkit, to help developers build, test, and debug their integrations more efficiently.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Engineering Manager, Applied AI & Growth
Plaid
5-2025
Scout
Andreessen Horowitz
11-2022 - 9-2024
Engineering Manager, Applied AI
Ironclad
Technical Lead Manager, Growth
Verkada
Non-compete
Citadel
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Education
2014 - 2016
Master's degree
Princeton University
2023 - 2028
Part-Time
Stanford University
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