Itay Inbar

About Itay Inbar

AI Software Research Engineer with 12+ years of experience building and launching production-scale AI systems. Proven track record of developing complex, cross-functional initiatives from foundational research, through concept to launch, including core features for the Astra multi-modal AI assistant and Recorder AI app for Pixel.Expertise in engineering multi-agent architectures, researching large scale model training efficiency, and applying on-device ML. Strong focus on foundational challenges in generative AI and agentic systems.

Experience

1. Ai Software Research Engineer

   Google DeepMind

   Jan 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Astra - Feature Development Lead (2025)* Launched Expert Helper in Google I\\O, an Astra feature providing real-time expert guidance grounded on external documents shared with the agent.* Designed the Expert Helper Astra module, led development and implemented core components.Multi-Agents Systems - R&D Lead (2025)* Led a team of six GDM researchers through a cross-unit initiative towards building multi-agent architecture enhancing performance, responsiveness, and proactiveness of multi-modal AI agents.* Refined the CUJ, investigated capabilities of existing vanilla Astra solution, designed and implemented the architecture. Formed collaborations with product teams showcasing significant quality increase.LLM Training Efficiency - Research Engineer (20••••24)Researched training efficiency for large scale models:* Published paper (1st author): Time Matters - Scaling Laws Under Budget, refining Chinchilla scaling laws loss, under fixed time budget. Providing guidance for effective large-scale models training.* Designed and implemented large scale training models infrastructure serving researchers in the group.

Education

• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

  2015 — 2016

Skills

• C++
• Zeppelin
• Software Development
• Python
• Linux
• Android
• Big Data
• Hive
• Tcp/Ip
• Wpf Development
• Apache Pig
• Windows
• Bash
• C
• Eclipse
• Ios Development
• Rest
• Pandas
• Communication
• Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Design Patterns
• C++ Language
• Android Development
• Hadoop
• Java
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Software Design
• Social Services
• C Language
• Big Data Analytics
• Object Oriented Design
• Scala
• Machine Learning
• Software Engineering
• C#
• Oop
• Data Analysis
• Numpy
• Shell Scripting