Tim Lesher
Making bulk machine learning inference better, faster, and cheaper, at Google scale.
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead at Google
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tim Lesher
A pragmatic generalist who\'s worked on everything from machine learning, to special effects code and video compression, to firmware for headless wearable computers, to multiplayer video games, to enterprise-class network management software, to large-scale data analysis and spam and abuse fighting.Specialties: I prefer to work in C++ or Python, but I\'m also fluent in C and SQL, and I have a working knowledge of Java, JavaScript, and Go.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead
Jun 2012 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US
20••••25: Google Cloud, Core ML Infrastructure: developed and optimized frameworks to make machine learning model training and inference more efficient, responsive, and economical.20••••23: Google Custom Search/Programmable Search Engine: TL of team providing web publishers with customized search features and APIs that leverage Google\'s search engine stack for their own site.20••••16: Google Shopping: developed and deployed data pipelines to surface product and merchant reviews, star ratings, and relevant YouTube videos on product listings.Cross-Google work:* 2016-present Reviewer/Mentor,(20••••24 as lead) Python readability program * Mentored Google engineers to help them learn best practices in Python programming * Awarded a 2022 Google-wide \"Core Tech Impact Award\" for reducing the waiting time to get into the Python readability program from several months to zero via process streamlining and aggressive mentor recruitment.* Student Training in Engineering Program (STEP) internship volunteer and trainer * Hosted and mentored interns * Trained prospective intern hosts * Reviewed and advised on internship proposals * Served on intern hiring committee.* Gave engineering talks on topics such as technical debt, privacy compliance, API abuse detection, product localization, and product review fraud detection.
Education
Bucknell University
Computer Science
1990 — 1993
Skills
- C
- Html
- Tdd
- Software Engineering
- Visual Studio
- Windows Ce
- C++
- Ear Candling
- Xml
- Unit Testing
- Agile Methodologies
- Distributed Systems
- Software Development
- Python
- Scrum
- Embedded Systems
- Linux
- Windows
- Big Data
- Agile
- Perforce
- Debugging
- Testing
- Software Design
- Git
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