Manfred Zabarauskas
Director Of Product Management, AI Search at Instagram
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolManfred Zabarauskas is an AI-native product executive with 13+ years of experience building search, commerce and immersive computing products at scale, currently directing AI Search at Instagram where his teams power a content search engine used by billions monthly. He has repeatedly led 0→1 and turnaround efforts—launching Instagram Shopping Search and visual search, scaling Threads and Explore search, and executing a major quality recovery using in-house AI models. Earlier work includes creating Google’s gcloud CLI, co-founding Google Cardboard and shipping Daydream system UIs, reflecting a rare blend of deep technical chops and product leadership across AI, VR and cloud. Manfred pairs rigorous academic training from Oxford and Cambridge with hands-on launches that move fast-moving consumer and developer platforms from prototype to global adoption. An operator who builds teams and systems that democratize new computing paradigms, he often sits at the intersection of research, product and engineering to deliver measurable engagement and revenue impact.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at University of OxfordMaster of Arts (MA), Master of Arts (MA) at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (17)
docker10
ecosystem9
container9
golang9
cli9
docker-cli8
go8
endpoints8
assemble8
freemarker7
moby7
kotlin7
gradle-plugin6
android6
gradle6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
manfredzab/dsi-mini-project
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
Contributions:49 commits in 17 days
manfredzab/wwgc
Apr 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:36 pushes in 4 months
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