Summary
Devin Soni is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer based in the New York City metro area with 11 years of experience building production ML systems at Airbnb, progressing from intern to staff over multiple roles since 2018. He combines a strong computer science foundation from Rutgers with hands-on research experience in ML, applying that background to operationalize models and mentor teams through scalable, data-driven feature engineering and model deployment. His tenure at Airbnb spans core production initiatives across recommendation, personalization, and ML platform development, reflecting deep product-domain knowledge as well as infrastructure fluency. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges research and engineering—translating experimental ideas into reliable, measurable impact in high-traffic environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science Mathematics (minor), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science Mathematics (minor) at Rutgers University