Lily Willis

S

Principal Engineer, Willow Labs - Python · CUDA · Ray

Willow Labs
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
11+ years experience
NYU
English
Open to work
Messaging unavailable

Overview

Principal Engineer at Willow Labs, focused on ML infrastructure. Led the migration of 24 services to CUDA. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 27 minutes to under 2. Most at home with CUDA and Kubeflow. Former debater; now I argue with spreadsheets.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in consumer
  • Working sessions on CUDA
  • Second opinions on Ray decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • SEO and link-building offers

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
CUDARayKubeflowPyTorchPython
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Open to ML Engineer roles at growth-stage energy companies

Target roles
ML Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Fintech, AI infrastructure
Work mode
On-site
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the NY
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (seed) where consumer is core to the product.
Not interested in
Contract-only roles

11 years in ML infrastructure. Strongest at Python and CUDA. Open to the right conversation.

New York, NYpytorchcudakubeflow
Open

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Apr 2023 - Present
    Willow Labs · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
    • Backed 59 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Led or co-led 32 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.
  2. Senior ML Engineer
    Dec 2021 - Apr 2023
    Oracle · 1 yr 4 mo · Contract · New York, NY
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
  3. Senior ML Engineer
    Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
    Coinbase · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Replaced 53 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  4. ML Engineer
    Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
    HubSpot · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 2.3%.
  5. ML Engineer
    Oct 2015 - Oct 2017
    McKinsey & Company · 2 yr · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Shipped a ranking change that increased conversion 5.8%.

References

No references yet.

Education

  1. NYU
    BA, Computer Engineering
    2011 - 2015

Details

Compensation expectations
What they are targeting for their next role.
Visible to connections
Direct contact details
Direct email and a scheduling link.
Visible to connections

Trusted Partners

Sponsored