Vlad-doru Ion
Principal Software Engineer at Google DeepMind
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolVlad-doru Ion is a Principal Software Engineer based in Zurich with 12 years of experience building production ML and distributed systems, currently driving research-to-product efforts at Google DeepMind. His career at Google progressed from intern to principal, spanning search, shopping, growth, and large-scale platform roles where he combined hands-on engineering with technical leadership. He holds an M.Sc. in Distributed Systems and has a track record of applying data science and machine learning to improve user retention and product relevance. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges research and engineering, shipping robust systems at scale. Less obvious: his early work optimizing a Redis fork’s replication protocol hints at deep low-level systems expertise beneath his ML-focused portfolio.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Mathematics and Computer Science, High School Diploma Mathematics and Computer Science at Colegiul National Mihai ViteazulMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Distributed Systems, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Distributed Systems at University of Bucharest
English, French
Github Skills (34)
react-native-paper10
logrus10
react-native-components10
react10
logger9
react-native9
ios9
pluggable9
android9
logging9
zap8
structured-logging8
mobile8
golang7
go7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
vlad-doru/master
Feb 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:141 pushes in 1 year 3 months
vlad-doru/react-native-calendar-datepicker
Jul 2016 - Nov 2017
React-Native cross-platform, calendar component.
Contributions:61 commits, 8 PRs, 50 pushes in 1 year 4 months
reactcalendar-componentcalendarreact-nativeandroid
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