Yash Vadalia
Staff Software Engineer And Manager at Google
Hyderabad, Sindh, United States
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Top SchoolYash Vadalia is a Staff Software Engineer and manager with 14 years of experience building and scaling recommendation systems for YouTube at Google, progressing from entry-level engineering to leadership roles. He combines deep technical expertise in AI/ML with product-minded delivery on growth and recommendation pipelines, and has hands-on experience across multiple levels of the organization. Beyond product work, he contributes to open-source documentation for high-profile projects like OpenCV, improving usability for the computer vision community. Based in Hyderabad with an IIIT-Hyderabad computer science background, he mentors teams and bridges research-driven models with production constraints. Off the clock he enjoys solving puzzles and competing in table tennis, chess and football, reflecting a competitive and analytical approach to problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CBSE, CBSE at Gnyan DhamBachelor of Technology with Honors Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology with Honors Computer Science and Engineering at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)HSC Science, HSC Science at Sathaye College - IndiaICSE, ICSE at Atul Vidyalaya
English, Gujarati, Hindi
Github Skills (6)
opencv10
documentation10
image-processing9
computer-vision9
c-language7
cprogramming-language7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
opencv/opencv
Feb 2014 - May 2014
Open Source Computer Vision Library
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:9 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Yash primarily focused on documentation updates and improvements within the OpenCV library. Their contributions involved fixing syntax errors, clarifying explanations, and adding documentation for specific functions and transformations such as `LinearPolar`. The user also corrected inconsistencies in examples and made minor adjustments to existing documentation to enhance clarity. Their work contributes to the overall usability and understanding of the OpenCV library for developers.
computer-visionc-plus-plusdeep-learningimage-processing
yashdv/Simulation-Tool-For-Field-Programmable-Analog-Array
Mar 2012 - Mar 2012
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
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