Yoni Ben-meshulam
Staff Software Engineer at Google
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Staff Software Engineer
2024 - Current
Generative AI for Google Search's local and travel experiences.
Staff Software Engineer and Engineering Manager
2023 - 2024
Worked at Google Research on AI-for-fitness applications
Staff Software Engineer and Engineering Manager
2014 - 2023
I worked on machine intelligence at Google Nest. My primary focus was on Nest Camera intelligence, leveraging state of the art machine perception technologies running server-side and on embedded devices. I led or contributed to numerous features across 4 generations of Dropcam and Nest Cameras, including person/face/animal/vehicle detection, package delivery and retrieval detection, familiar faces, and garage door open/close classification.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Advisor
2015 - 2020
kimiyaa.org
Advisor
2014 - 2019
Zerocycle provides local governments with a low-cost, non-invasive solution.
Raised $20,000.00.
Advisor
2014 - 2019
Advisor
2014 - 2016
Bandwagon facilitates taxi sharing.
Raised $725,000.00 from New York Angels, Elemental Impact and New York Venture Partners.
Advisor
2014 - 2016
EnerKnol provides U.S. energy policy research and data services to support investment decisions across all sectors of the energy industry.
Data Scientist
2011 - 2014
Researcher and Technology Lead, Analytics team. Founding member and core contributor to the Data Science Engineering team. * Designed and developed data driven energy insights for use across Opower's product suite * Advocated for data driven decision making across product development groups * Consulted with senior management on large scale investments in Data Warehousing, ubiquitous data access, and analytical workloads * Developed a suite of R packages for data access, exploration, visualization and reporting * Built a Hive Data Warehouse to import and manage data from hundreds of MySQL databases, allowing Opower Analysts and Engineers to utilize the scale of our data for the first time * Created a data analysis platform, supporting the work of analysts and engineers across the company * Mentored team members on software development practices and repeatable research * Introduced ubiquitous source control, automation, testing, and continuous deployment of Analytics processes, allowing the company to scale our core measurement platform Also produced company-wide Innovation Day events. Technologies: Java, R, Ruby, Python, MySQL, Hadoop, Hive, MapReduce, Jenkins, SVN, Git, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Third-Party APIs
Senior Software Engineer
2008 - 2011
* Built a scalable, customizable, enterprise energy web portal serving 50 million customers across 90 utility partners * Designed and developed a test framework for the web portal, replacing cumbersome, manual QA processes * Integrated, automated, and optimized development workflows, improving quality, reducing product build times, and saving countless development hours Additionally, helped to make Opower a fun and innovative company by: * Organizing company-wide Innovation Day events * Organizing employee advocacy groups Technologies: Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SVG, Ruby, Spring, Hibernate, JQuery, Raphael, MySQL, Jenkins, Python, Django, Third Party APIs
Opower is a SaaS-based customer engagement and energy efficiency company providing the tools consumers need to make better energy decisions.
Raised $65,700,000.00 from Sozo Ventures.
Market Research Analyst - Photovoltaics Markets
2008 - 2008
Conducted market research into choice developing nations’ photovoltaic energy markets. Researched governmental policies, rural procurement and usage, and other characteristics.
Co-op
2006 - 2006
Automated steps in the design process of Double-Data-Rate (DDR) channels in a dual core microprocessor.
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Pilot
2002 - 2004
Directed pilot and payload operator courses on the Aerostar, one of the first unmanned aerial systems to operate in civil missions. Collaborated with research and development teams on human interface design, UAV characterization, and field testing. Developed technical publications for operation and maintenance of unmanned systems.