Andrei Ilie
Director Of Engineering at Bolt
Bucharest, Romania
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Top SchoolAndrei Ilie is a Director of Engineering with nine years of experience building and scaling data-driven products, currently leading cross-functional teams at Bolt from mapping and navigation to identity and customer support automations. A two-time valedictorian from the University of Oxford (BA and MCompSci) with PhD studies underway, he blends rigorous academic grounding with hands-on ML and engineering leadership across ride-hailing, delivery, and micromobility domains. He has a track record of shipping production ML systems—ETA prediction, traffic modeling, scooter deployment optimization and KYC/authentication platforms—and of growing teams from founding hires to managers of managers. Former quantitative researcher at WorldQuant, he brings a quant mindset to product problems, using unsupervised methods and C++/Python tooling for high-performance data pipelines. Based in Bucharest, he balances deep technical contributions with strategic ownership, often stepping into interim leadership roles to drive cross-vertical impact.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MCompSci, Computer Science, First Class, MCompSci, Computer Science, First Class at University of OxfordColegiul National "Mihai Viteazul", PloiestiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Bucharest
Romanian, English, FrenchGithub contributions (5)
andreiilie1/BBAttacks
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:66 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
andreiilie1/RobustCheck
Dec 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:5 releases, 86 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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