Omer Ashkenazi

VP of Engineering at Larch Analytics · ML infrastructure · Ray, model serving

Larch Analytics

Tel Aviv, Israel · IST (UTC+2)

15+ years experience

Khalifa University

English, Hebrew

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I lead ML infrastructure at Larch Analytics in Tel Aviv. Cut p99 latency on the ML platform services from 789ms to 158ms. I coach a junior basketball team.

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Skills

PostgreSQLPyTorchRayfeature storesmodel servingCUDA

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6 mobile engineer roles open on the ML platform team in Tel Aviv

Role: Mobile engineer
Level: Mid
Type: Full-time
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $141k-$190k + equity
Team: ML platform, 16 people
Start: As soon as possible
Must have: Production experience with model serving Production experience with CUDA Comfort with ambiguity
Process: 3 conversations, no take-home

Comp AED 33k-55k a month. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Tel Aviv, Israelpostgresqlpytorchfeature stores

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Office hours for early-stage teams: ML infrastructure and PostgreSQL

Topics: ML infrastructure, PostgreSQL, CUDA
Format: Formal advisor role
Terms: Open to discuss
Capacity: A few async reviews a month
Best for: First-time founders

23 years of ML infrastructure. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

Tel Aviv, Israel · remote OKcudafeature storespytorch

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Experience

VP of Engineering
Jul 2023 - Present
Larch Analytics · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
- Moved 75% of ML platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
- Led the migration of 29 services to PyTorch.
Engineering Manager
Nov 2021 - Jul 2023
KPMG · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
- Brought on-call pages for ML platform down from 26 a week to 1.
- Reduced cloud spend on ML platform by 33% in two quarters.
Director of Engineering
Mar 2018 - Nov 2021
SABIC · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
- Moved 85% of ML platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
- Grew the ML platform team from 4 to 29 engineers.
Senior Engineering Manager
Dec 2014 - Mar 2018
Amazon · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
- Shipped 28 launches on the ML platform team without a rollback.
Senior Engineering Manager
Feb 2012 - Dec 2014
McKinsey & Company · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tel Aviv, Israel
- Built the experimentation framework 16 product teams use to ship changes safely.
- Grew the ML platform team from 4 to 13 engineers.

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Education

Khalifa University
BSc, Information Technology
1998 - 2002

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