Yubin Kim

Yubin Kim is an experienced applied AI/ML leader and search/recommendations expert currently serving as the Head of Engineering at Vody, a multimodal GenAI startup.12 Here are some key details about his background and experience:

Professional Experience

Vody:

• Joined Vody in May 2023 as Head of Engineering3

Etsy:

• Senior Engineering Manager (March 2022 - October 2023)
• Led a product ML team of 5 applied science and engineering ICs in the Search Retrieval initiative
• Built real-time, large-scale retrieval systems for search, recommendations, and ads
• Directly generated over $40M in Gross Merchandise Sales over 1.5 years through innovations in graph ML models and Solr1

UPMC Enterprises:

• Director of Technology (June 2019 - March 2022)
• Led a product team of 12 engineering/QA ICs and product/engineering managers
• Built an Elasticsearch-based search engine over 160M+ clinical documents
• Led an applied ML team of 3 ML engineers1

Skills and Expertise

• Machine learning
• Natural language processing
• Information retrieval
• Recommendations
• Building collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams
• Solving problems at scale in e-commerce and healthcare organizations1

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University (specific degree not mentioned)1

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1

Yubin Kim has over 4 years of leadership experience in applied AI/ML, with a strong focus on search and recommendation systems. He has a proven track record of driving business impact through innovative ML solutions in both e-commerce and healthcare sectors.12