Summary
Diego Maniloff is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer with 16 years of experience building production ML systems across startups and enterprise teams, now leading ML efforts at Red Hat after a recent role at Hugging Face. His background spans research roles at MIT and UIC to senior engineering and leadership positions at Nextdoor, Instacart, and Unata, giving him rare fluency from applied AI research to product-grade deployment. He combines deep technical expertise in ML engineering with hands-on experience scaling data-driven features and shaping platform strategy as a VP and senior staff engineer. Based in Canada, Diego pairs strong academic foundations in computer science and telecommunications with a practical track record of shipping reliable, large-scale ML solutions. An understated strength is his cross-functional fluency—able to translate research advances into production-ready systems that align with business goals.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago
Diploma Mathematics and Computer Science, Diploma Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Richmond
Master of Engineering Telecommunications, Master of Engineering Telecommunications at Universidad Blas Pascal
Spanish, English