About

Abtin Ravanipour is a highly skilled software engineer with over 8 years of relevant experience in the field. He is currently employed at Reddit, Inc. as a Software Engineer, where he has made significant contributions to the company's growth. Abtin has a passion for expanding his knowledge of ad engineering, machine-learning, and functional-programming, and he believes in never stopping growth. At Reddit, Abtin has been instrumental in increasing revenue by implementing gallery and comments page ad units. He has also implemented pixel tracking with third-party viewability partner Moat across multiple platforms, unlocking ad revenue. Abtin has led the development and implementation of brand safety tools to ensure ads were not displayed near inappropriate content using machine learning classifiers. He designed and architected Reddit's in-house brand lift studies, allowing advertisers to measure brand sentiment by bucketing users in treatment and control groups. Abtin has also measured and implemented metrics across multiple platforms, wavefront, mode, and bigquery, creating dashboards and alerts to ensure system health and quality. Prior to joining Reddit, Abtin worked as a Platform Ad Operations Specialist, where he scaled and automated the self-serve ads platform by building data-driven features. He optimized advertiser campaigns in an effort to maximize client ROI. Abtin also co-founded eirmd, where he created an on-demand home healthcare service web application on rails and implemented customer feedback loops using mailchimp and typeforms to improve processes. Abtin holds a Coding Certificate in Computer Software Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology, General from the University of California, San Diego. He is proficient in Software Engineering, ML, Ruby, and Web technologies. Abtin is a dedicated professional who is always looking to expand his knowledge and skills. His passion for growth and his ability to make significant contributions to his company make him a valuable asset to any team.