Summary
Samee Zahid is an engineering manager and founder with 12 years of experience building end-to-end ML systems and data platforms, currently leading Gemini CLI Agent Intelligence at Google. He combines hands-on expertise in NLP, spam detection, location inference and search ranking with product-focused leadership proven at Chipper Cash, where he scaled teams and architected the ML backbone that reduced fraud losses and powered rapid user and revenue growth. An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded FieldTrainer (legal document review agents) and built Plank, a hybrid on-device macOS AI assistant, advising multiple early-stage startups on LLM and agent-first strategies. Comfortable across C++, Python, Java and Android, he also brings deep practical experience in production infrastructure (Snowflake, dbt, Dask, Kubernetes) and experimentation systems. Curious and interdisciplinary, he pairs technical rigor with a passion for leveraging emerging tech to improve outcomes in developing economies.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, A-Level, High School, A-Level at Lahore Grammar School
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Grinnell College
Off-Campus Study, Computer Science, Off-Campus Study, Computer Science at AIT-Budapest