Ryan Pavlu
Hi, I'm Ryan Pav, an AI Engineering Manager focused on building production ML systems, data platforms, and responsible AI practices.
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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).
- 4 years' experience
- Joined February 2026
Industry experience
- Software & Internet
- Media & Entertainment
- Professional Services
Work experience
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.
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
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