Summary
Zachary Jablons is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 13 years of experience building and shipping ML-driven products, currently leading growth-oriented ML work at Hinge from Medford, MA. He progressed from internship to leadership at OkCupid, where he designed and productionized recommendation systems, moderation models, and the team’s ML infrastructure including a feature store and Vespa/JAX-based collaborative filtering. Zachary blends hands-on model development with engineering management—streamlining hiring, MLE developer experience, and cross-team infrastructure priorities with product-focused impact. His background includes applied research work (Watson product at IBM) and a solid academic foundation (BS/MS in Computer Science from RPI), which he leverages to translate complex ML problems into reproducible, product-ready solutions. Notably, he has deep practical experience evaluating vendors and integrating ML tooling to accelerate model delivery and scale moderation and recommendation systems.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.78, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, 3.78 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English