About

Shreyas VA is an experienced engineering leader with a background in computer science and machine learning. He is currently working as a Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager at Google, where he leads teams to develop technology, algorithms, product vision, and deliver products with a large impact. Shreyas has expertise in backend systems, machine learning, NLP, distributed systems, ranking, recommender systems, and mobile development. He has worked on all parts of Search, including ranking, ML algorithms, infra, and the client browser itself. He has the ability to join a project at any stage, figure out the important metrics, define and execute on projects to move the product. Shreyas has a proven track record of success in leading projects such as backend systems, personalized ranking, machine learning (ML), NLP techniques, recommender systems, large scale distributed systems, caching solutions, concurrent programming, information retrieval techniques, and mobile development. Many of the projects he has led have been covered in the tech press, including Google IO. Shreyas is highly user/product focused and enjoys building systems to improve the product experience. He has personal projects with a variety of environments and tools, including Tensorflow, Objective-C/iOS, JavaScript/React, and AWS. Shreyas' specialties include product-first thinking, large-scale distributed programming, recommender systems, ranking, ML, and mobile development. He has excellent knowledge of data structures and is proficient in C++, JavaScript, Java, Python, and PHP. Shreyas holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Overall, Shreyas is a highly skilled and experienced engineering leader with a passion for developing innovative technology solutions that have a significant impact on the product experience.