Summary
Dmitriy Yefremov is a seasoned engineering leader and software craftsman, currently directing engineering at YouTube with a focus on scalable platforms and enterprise-grade performance. Over a decade at LinkedIn, he led a 50-person Business Platform team building core systems like Product Catalog, Pricing Engine, Offers Engine, and Sales Data Infrastructure, underpinning a frictionless buying experience for customers. He progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Senior Staff Engineer and multiple management roles, culminating in Director-level leadership before moving to YouTube. His work emphasizes API design, high-quality software, and developer productivity, including enabling a rapid 3x3 release cadence with quick code-to-production cycles. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines hands-on software craftsmanship with architectural discipline across distributed systems and data platforms. With an MS in Consumer Electronics and early stints at Motorola and Yota, he brings a hardware-flavored perspective to building scalable, reliable software.
11 years of coding experience