Summary
Aviv Rotman is a Machine Learning Engineering Manager with 11 years of experience building production-ready ML systems across ads, security, and bioinformatics. Currently leading the Ads Recommendation Quality team at Etsy, he combines hands-on model development with team leadership and product-driven ML strategy. His background includes shipping large-scale recommender and CTR prediction systems at Taboola, leading ML efforts in Microsoft’s CTO office for security Copilot POCs, and founding ML infrastructure at a biotech startup. Deep expertise spans recommender systems, NLP, MLOps, data visualization, and chemoinformatics, enabling him to bridge domain science and scalable engineering. Known for mentoring teams and speaking in the local data science community, he also brings uncommon strength in designing DB schemas and model KPIs in collaboration with biologists. Based in the NYC area, he excels at turning complex product needs into measurable, high-impact ML solutions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Biology Computer Science Minor, Bsc Biology Computer Science Minor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Master of Science (MSc) Computational Biology, Master of Science (MSc) Computational Biology at Weizmann Institute of Science
English, Hebrew