Summary
John Bocharov is a Director of Engineering based in San Francisco with 11+ years of experience building high-scale data products, SaaS offerings, and developer ecosystems across companies from Microsoft and Intuit to Meta. He combines hands-on ML and full-stack engineering with organizational design—driving deep learning bets at Meta and previously architecting a 10,000+ core near-real-time speech analytics platform at VoiceBase. A practical inventor, he is co-inventor on two protocols and holds 13 granted and pending patents, reflecting a pattern of turning research-grade ideas into production systems. Known for scaling distributed teams and shipping automated, cost-efficient cloud platforms (Kubernetes-powered at Ayla), he blends product sensibility with rigorous technical execution. Outside work he’s an outdoor addict and performing-arts aficionado, bringing curious energy and a knack for solving the “Somebody Else’s Problem” in unexpected places.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Information & Data Science (MIDS) Data Science, Master of Information & Data Science (MIDS) Data Science at University of California, Berkeley
Lakeside