Zillow Senior Engineering Manager

Senior ML Engineering Leader | Amazon & Zillow Alum | EB1A Expert With over a decade of leadership at Amazon (Personalization, Alexa Shopping) and Zillow, I specialize in coaching Staff, Principal, and Engineering Management candidates through the industry’s most rigorous technical loops. My background bridges the gap between deep Individual Contributor (IC) technical mastery and Senior Management strategy. I don't just teach you how to solve problems; I teach you how to demonstrate the high-level technical signal and ownership that top-tier firms look for in senior hires. I focus on building your Architectural Authority by mastering the complexities of building scalable ML systems and high-throughput distributed environments. We will dive into the nuances of MLOps at scale, including feature store design, model serving latency optimization (P95/P99), and ensuring training-serving skew is addressed in production. We focus on designing systems that don't just work in a notebook but scale to millions of users with robust data integrity, automated retraining pipelines, and cost-efficient inference at scale. For leadership candidates, we emphasize Technical Influence, focusing on navigating strategic ambiguity, cross-functional collaboration, and aligning complex engineering roadmaps with tangible business impact. Additionally, as a recipient of the EB1A "Einstein" Visa, I offer a unique lens on how to articulate your "extraordinary ability" and specialized expertise. Whether we are tackling Vector Databases, real-time recommender systems, or senior-level coding standards, my goal is to help you approach your next career-defining role with absolute confidence.