Hi, I'm Ryan Pav, an AI Engineering Manager focused on building production ML systems, data platforms, and responsible AI practices. I have a proven track record defining architecture, deployment, governance, and monitoring pipelines for RAG and production models, across fast-growing teams and complex customer environments. I thrive on mentoring engineers, establishing design reviews, and operationalizing best practices to deliver reliable AI at scale. Available immediately, I bring hands-on leadership and a pragmatic approach to cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and customers. Core tech includes Python, Databricks, Mosaic AI Gateway, SQL, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Terraform, MLflow, Airflow, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Ryan Pavlu

Hi, I'm Ryan Pav, an AI Engineering Manager focused on building production ML systems, data platforms, and responsible AI practices. I have a proven track record defining architecture, deployment, governance, and monitoring pipelines for RAG and production models, across fast-growing teams and complex customer environments. I thrive on mentoring engineers, establishing design reviews, and operationalizing best practices to deliver reliable AI at scale. Available immediately, I bring hands-on leadership and a pragmatic approach to cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and customers. Core tech includes Python, Databricks, Mosaic AI Gateway, SQL, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Terraform, MLflow, Airflow, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

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Hi, I’m Ryan Pav, an AI Engineering Manager focused on building production ML systems, data platforms, and responsible AI practices. I have a proven track record defining architecture, deployment, governance, and monitoring pipelines for RAG and production models, across fast-growing teams and complex customer environments. I thrive on mentoring engineers, establishing design reviews, and operationalizing best practices to deliver reliable AI at scale.

Available immediately, I bring hands-on leadership and a pragmatic approach to cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and customers. Core tech includes Python, Databricks, Mosaic AI Gateway, SQL, PyTorch, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Terraform, MLflow, Airflow, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

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Experience Level

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Expert
Expert
Expert
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Expert
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Intermediate

Work Experience

AI Engineering Manager
May 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Led architecture and development of production RAG pipelines integrated with Databricks and Mosaic AI Gateway; defined governance for deployments and consistent componentization; mentored engineers; improved incident MTTR by 45%; established A/B testing and retraining pipelines; ensured enterprise privacy and SOC2 readiness; supported secure APIs, observability, and SLOs to increase customer adoption.
AI Engineering Manager at Anthropic
August 1, 2021 - March 1, 2024
Led ML engineering team responsible for deployment pipelines and inference services for conversational AI, achieving 99.9% availability; improved training throughput; designed retrieval-based, end-to-end pipelines; owned lifecycle aspects including bias detection and evaluation; partnered with Product and Security on privacy/compliance; mentored engineers and built scalable processes to support 2x growth.

Education

Bachelor's degree at University of Texas at Austin
September 1, 2009 - September 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services