Gbemileke Niniola
@gbemilekeniniola
Senior software engineer specializing in scalable recommendation systems and ML infrastructure.
What I'm looking for
I am a results-driven senior software engineer with 10+ years building large-scale distributed systems, search and recommendation platforms, and data-intensive applications. I have delivered high-impact features at Pinterest and Electronic Arts, improving user engagement, reducing latency, and enhancing ML model performance.
I specialize in full-stack development (React, Java, GraphQL), backend microservices (Java, gRPC, Redis), and ML infrastructure (TensorFlow, Faiss, Airflow), and I enjoy mentoring engineers, optimizing systems, and shipping resilient cloud-native solutions on GCP and AWS.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led development of retrieval, recommendation, and search systems, driving a 40%+ increase in user engagement and improving shopping CTR by 35%; reduced tail latency of ranking pipelines by 45% and accelerated embedding index refresh times by 60%.
Built EA's global big data analytics platform and ETL pipelines processing 3B+ daily events with 99.9% uptime, improved analytic response times by 60%, and enabled churn models that improved retention predictions by 25%.
Built a web service to send referral emails for global Amazon programs, contributing to cross-region referral workflows and integration with internal systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Stony Brook University
Master of Science, Computer Science
2013 - 2015
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science focusing on advanced algorithms, machine learning, and scalable systems from 2013 to 2015.
Sun Yat-sen University
Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering
2009 - 2013
Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering with coursework in software development, data structures, and systems engineering from 2009 to 2013.
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Software and tools used professionally
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