Yoni Ben-Meshulam

Staff Software Engineer

2024

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.

Advisor

2015 - 2020

kimiyaa.org

Advisor

2014 - 2019

Advisor

2014 - 2019

Advisor

2014 - 2016

Advisor

2014 - 2016

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

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.

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.