San Bruno, California, United States
Since Dec 2023, I started leading a team of both front-end and quality engineers to build features on YouTube Home, where GenAI is part of the solution space. Yes - It's the first page that you see when you either open the mobile app, or visit YouTube from your browser.
Prior to the role, I was an eng lead on the YouTube Shopping team, where I
• Bootstrapped a team almost from the ground up, focusing on developing e-commerce features for Shorts viewers and creators. I hired and trained the team, and connected this new team with the rest of the org that's primarily based in another site, all while I was new to the org myself. See https://www.glossy.co/beauty/as-glossier-realigns-it-taps-youtubes-new-shoppable-shorts-challenge/ as an example of what we shipped.
• Led the team through major org changes; brought structure, influenced the shape of the future org, and helped the team settle through the transition.
• Led a team to develop the platform and merchant facing features that allow external merchants to operate their affiliate business on YouTube.