Summary
Hien Luu is an AI advisor and seasoned ML/AI leader with 11+ years building large-scale, low-latency ML and big data infrastructure across companies like DoorDash, LinkedIn, Uber, Zoox and Netflix. He specializes in architecting scalable GenAI and ML platforms that power real-world, high-throughput production systems and has led multiple teams to deliver feature stores, real-time processing, and model serving at scale. An experienced speaker and educator, he chairs AI programs at UCSC Extension, teaches GenAI and Spark courses, and authored books including MLOps with Ray and Beginning Apache Spark. His career blends deep technical execution with program-level leadership—bootstrapping academic programs while driving platform innovation in autonomous driving and consumer AI. Based in San Jose, he is known for translating research-grade ML into operational systems and for mentoring engineers to bridge the gap between prototypes and resilient production services.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Washington
M.S., Software Engineering, M.S., Software Engineering at San José State University
Vietnamese