Omkar Salpekar

Omkar Salpekar is a Senior Software Engineer at Meta (formerly Facebook) with extensive experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning.12 He is currently working on LLM training for the Llama models and previously focused on PyTorch development.2

Salpekar's career highlights include:

1. Senior Software Engineer at Meta (2022-present)

   • Tech Lead for PyTorch Dev Infra, MLOps, and CI/CD for Machine Learning
   • Working on LLMs/Information Retrieval using CodeLlama for Developer Tools
   • PyTorch Reliability for production training and inference

2. Software Engineer at Facebook (2019-2022)

3. Research Assistant at Berkeley RISE Lab (2017-2019)

4. Software Engineering Intern at Facebook (2018)

Education:

• Master of Science in Machine Learning and Data Science from UC Berkeley
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley (2015-2019)

Salpekar has a strong background in distributed systems, machine learning, and cloud computing.1 He has contributed to various open-source projects, including PyTorch, TensorPipe, and Ray.3 His expertise spans areas such as artificial intelligence, big data, and infrastructure development.1

In addition to his work at Meta, Salpekar has been involved in academic research and entrepreneurial activities. He has given talks at conferences, such as the PyTorch Conference, discussing AI-powered developer tools.45