Summary
Andres Galaviz is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud infrastructure, robotics, and AI-driven systems, currently focused on ad ranking infrastructure at Meta after leading robotics and cost-optimization efforts at Azure. He has a track record of translating research prototypes into production—deploying environmental monitoring and autonomous-robot fleets across data centers, integrating LLMs for perception, and accelerating GPU buildouts through cross-org partnerships that cut time-to-market. Andres combines hands-on systems engineering (GPU-accelerated perception, TensorRT on Jetson, scalable backend services) with technical leadership, hiring programs, and recruiting process improvements that scaled teams rapidly. He has experience shipping impactful tooling and security redesigns for large-scale cloud buildouts and a history of practical innovation dating back to ISS-validated SPHERES docking algorithms. Based in New York, he blends deep technical execution with a knack for finding new market fits and pragmatic productization of robotics and infrastructure research.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Washington
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Computer Science, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
English, Spanish, French